X-inactivation patterns in females harboring mtDNA mutations that cause Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

Molecular Vision

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 2339-2343

  Hudson, Gavin ^a   Carelli, Valerio ^b,c   Horvath, Rita ^d   Zeviani, Massimo ^e   Smeets, Hubert J ^f   Chinnery, Patrick F ^a,g,h  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMOPLASY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; PENETRANCE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 37548999745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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