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Gene shifting: a novel therapy for mitochondrial myopathy.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 1999
Taivassalo T, Fu K, Johns T, Arnold D, Karpati G, Shoubridge E A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are the most frequent causes of mitochondrial myopathy in adults. In the majority of cases mutant and wild-type mtDNAs coexist, a condition referred to as mtDNA heteroplasmy; however, the relative frequency of each species varies widely in different cells and tissues. Nearly complete segregation of mutant and wild-type mtDNAs has been observed in the skeletal muscle of many...
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