Mitochondrial transcription factor A regulates mtDNA copy number in mammals

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 935-944

  Ekstrand, Mats I ^a   Falkenberg, Maria ^a   Rantanen, Anja ^a   Park, Chan Bae ^a   Gaspari, Martina ^a   Hultenby, Kjell ^b   Rustin, Pierre ^c   Gustafsson, Claes M ^a   Larsson, Nils Göran ^a  

^a Novum ^*  (Sweden)

^b Clinical Research Center   (Sweden)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, P1 BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FETAL DEATH; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RESPIRATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 2442431673     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh109     Document Type: Article

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