Repeats, longevity and the sources of mtDNA deletions: Evidence from 'deletional spectra'

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 340-343

  Guo, Xinhong ^a,g   Popadin, Konstantin Yu ^b   Markuzon, Natalya ^c   Orlov, Yuriy L ^d   Kraytsberg, Yevgenya ^a   Krishnan, Kim J ^e   Zsurka, Gábor ^f   Turnbull, Douglas M ^e   Kunz, Wolfram S ^f   Khrapko, Konstantin ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE DELETION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77955086827     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2010.05.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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