Single lymphocytes from two healthy individuals with mitochondrial point heteroplasmy are mainly homoplasmic

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-197

  Lutz Bonengel, Sabine ^a   Sänger, Timo ^a   Parson, Walther ^b   Müller, Helena ^c   Ellwart, Joachim W ^d   Follo, Marie ^e   Bonengel, Bernhard ^f   Niederstätter, Harald ^b   Heinrich, Marielle ^a   Schmidt, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Advalytix AG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f HLS Offenburg (BTG)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Mitochondrial DNA; Sequence heteroplasmy; Single cells

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SELECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 42149176590     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0190-6     Document Type: Article

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