The point mutations of mitochondrial tRNA threonine and proline in idiopathic repeated pregnancy loss

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Seyedhassani, Seyed Mohammad ^a,b   Houshmand, Massoud ^a   Kalantar, Seyed Mehdi ^b   Aflatoonian, Abbas ^b   Modabber, Glayol ^a   Hadipour, Fatemeh ^c   Fallahzadeh, Mohammad Hossein ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Special Medical Center Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial mutation; Repeated pregnancy loss; tRNA

Indexed keywords

PROLINE; THREONINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPEATED PREGNANCY LOSS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 77954882996     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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