Dissecting the mechanisms underlying the accumulation of mitochondrial DNA deletions in human skeletal muscle

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 4612-4620

  Campbell, Georgia ^a,b   Krishnan, Kim J ^a,b   Deschauer, Marcus ^c   Taylor, Robert W ^a   Turnbull, Doug M ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOCHROME-C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84905646720     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu176     Document Type: Article

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