Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup background affects LHON, but not suspected LHON, in Chinese patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, A Mei ^a,d   Jia, Xiaoyun ^b   Bi, Rui ^a,d   Salas, Antonio ^c   Li, Shiqiang ^b   Xiao, Xueshan ^b   Wang, Panfeng ^b   Guo, Xiangming ^b   Kong, Qing Peng ^a   Zhang, Qingjiong ^b   Yao, Yong Gang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ASIAN; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MUTATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER;

EID: 81055144937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027750     Document Type: Article

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