Decreased aminoacylation of mutant tRNAs in MELAS but not in MERRF patients

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 467-475

  Börner, G Valentin ^a,b   Zeviani, Massimo ^c   Tiranti, Valeria ^c   Carrara, Franco ^c   Hoffmann, Sabine ^d   Gerbitz, Klaus Dieter ^d   Lochmüller, Hanns ^e   Pongratz, Dieter ^e   Klopstock, Thomas ^e   Melberg, Atle ^f   Holme, Elisabeth ^g   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; LYSINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA;

ADULT; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; STROKE;

EID: 0342470992     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.4.467     Document Type: Article

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