The mitochondrial genome, a growing interest inside an organelle

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Crimi, Marco ^a   Rigolio, Roberta ^b  

^a National Institute of Molecular Genetics   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heteroplasmy; Mitochondriopathies; Molecular diagnostics; mtDNA; Nano genomics

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RESVERATROL; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; APOPTOSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXERCISE; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MNGIE SYNDROME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NARP SYNDROME; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PEARSON SYNDROME; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MODELS, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 55349093706     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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