The generation of mitochondrial DNA large-scale deletions in human cells

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 689-694

  Chen, Tao ^a   He, Jing ^b   Huang, Yushan ^a   Zhao, Weiwei ^a  

^a Guangzhou Kingmed Center for Clinical Laboratory   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

generation; large scale deletions; mitochondrial DNA; repair; replication

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; REVIEW;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 80155174769     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2011.97     Document Type: Review

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