mtDNA mutations and common neurodegenerative disorders

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 583-586

  Howell, Neil ^a,b   Elson, Joanna L ^c   Chinnery, Patrick F ^c   Turnbull, Douglass M ^c  

^a MIGENIX Corporation   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINEAGE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEIGH DISEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 26444610665     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2005.08.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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