mtDNA mutations variously impact mtDNA maintenance throughout the human embryofetal development

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 416-424

  Steffann, J ^a   Monnot, S ^a   Bonnefont, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Embryofetal development; Metabolism; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Segregation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CELL MUTANT; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA REPLICATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BLASTOCYST; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 84943366781     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12557     Document Type: Review

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