Mitochondrial DNA mutations in the D-loop region may not be frequent in cervical cancer: A discussion on pitfalls in mitochondrial DNA studies

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-651

  Fang, Hezhi ^a   Lu, Jianxin ^a   Wei, Jia ^a   Shen, Li Jun ^a   Ding, Zhinan ^a   Li, Hongzhi ^a,b   Bai, Yidong ^a,b  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61449145402     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-008-0542-8     Document Type: Letter

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