Dynamic regulation of mitochondrial genome maintenance in germ cells

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-20

  Kasashima, Katsumi ^a   Nagao, Yasumitsu ^a   Endo, Hitoshi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Maternal inheritance; Mitochondrial DNA; Nucleoid; TFAM

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A;

DNA METABOLISM; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE DOSAGE; GERM CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84895072434     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12522-013-0162-0     Document Type: Review

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