From evolutionary bystander to master manipulator: The emerging roles for the mitochondrial genome as a modulator of nuclear gene expression

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1335-1337

  Horan, Martin P ^a   Gemmell, Neil J ^b   Wolff, Jonci N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMANIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CPG ISLAND; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84887623625     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.75     Document Type: Letter

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