Article
[Genetic diseases of the mitochondrial DNA in humans].
Salud publica de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Solano A, Playán A, López-Pérez M J, Montoya J
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial diseases are a group of disorders produced by defects in the oxidative phosphorylation system (Oxphos system), the final pathway of the mitochondrial energetic metabolism, resulting in a deficiency of the biosynthesis of ATP. Part of the polypeptide subunits involved in the Oxphos system are codified by the mitochondrial DNA. In the last years, mutations in this genetic system have been described...
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