Biochemical analysis of human POLG2 variants associated with mitochondrial disease

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3052-3066

  Young, Matthew J ^a   Longley, Matthew J ^a   Li, Fang Yuan ^b   Kasiviswanathan, Rajesh ^a   Wong, Lee Jun ^b   Copeland, William C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; HELICASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLG2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P55; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 79960140182     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr209     Document Type: Article

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