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The reductive hotspot hypothesis: an update.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Jan 2000
de Grey A D
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The mitochondrial free radical theory of aging is seriously challenged by the finding that mutant mtDNA never becomes abundant in vivo, a result disputed only in experiments using novel PCR variants whose quantitative accuracy is widely doubted. However, evidence continues to mount that mitochondria are the crucial site of free radical damage in vivo, most notably that mice lacking the nonmitochondrial isoforms...
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