Article
Relaxed replication of mtDNA: A model with implications for the expression of disease.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 1999
Chinnery P F, Samuels D C
Abstract excerpt
Heteroplasmic mtDNA defects are an important cause of human disease with clinical features that primarily involve nondividing (postmitotic) tissues. Within single cells the percentage level of mutated mtDNA must exceed a critical threshold level before the genetic defect is expressed. Although the level of mutated mtDNA may alter over time, the mechanism behind the change is not understood. It currently is not...
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