Mitochondrial DNA polymerase-γ and human disease

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Hudson, Gavin ^a   Chinnery, Patrick F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REPLISOME;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; EPILEPSY; EXON; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MIGRAINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33749001168     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl233     Document Type: Article

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