Mitochondrial DNA mutations and aging: devils in the details?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Khrapko, Konstantin ^a   Vijg, Jan ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL ENERGY; CELL ORGANELLE; DEATH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; STEM CELLS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 59349086549     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2008.11.007     Document Type: Review

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