Maternally transmitted mitochondrial DNA mutations can reduce lifespan

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ross, Jaime M ^a   Coppotelli, Giuseppe ^a   Hoffer, Barry J ^b   Olson, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLG PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GERMLINE MUTATION; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; LONGEVITY; MICE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84931346628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06569     Document Type: Article

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