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Characterization of cybrid cell lines containing mtDNA from Huntington's disease patients.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 11 Aug 1999
Swerdlow R H, Parks J K, Cassarino D S, Shilling A T, Bennett J P, Harrison M B, Parker W D
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Electron transport chain (ETC) dysfunction may arise from mitochondrial genetic, nuclear genetic, or toxic etiologies. Cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) systems can help distinguish between these possibilities by facilitating expression of suspect mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) within a nuclear and environmentally controlled context. Perpetuation of ETC dysfunction in cybrids is consistent with an mtDNA pathogenesis while...
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