Mitochondrial DNA 4977 bp deletion is a common phenomenon in hair and increases with age

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-192

  Zheng, Yijie ^a   Luo, Xiaofeng ^a   Zhu, Junfeng ^a   Zhang, Xuan ^a   Zhu, Yinting ^a   Cheng, Huihua ^a   Xia, Zhiqiu ^a   Su, Na ^b   Zhang, Nengpei ^c   Zhou, Junyi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Statistics Bureau of Tianhe District   (China)

^c Dongguan Police Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hair; mtDNA 4977bp deletion; mtDNA mutation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865810677     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: 18404812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2012.2480     Document Type: Article

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