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Novel mtDNA mutations and oxidative phosphorylation dysfunction in Russian LHON families.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 2001
Brown M D, Zhadanov S, Allen J C, Hosseini S, Newman N J, Atamonov V V, Mikhailovskaya I E, Sukernik R I, Wallace D C
Abstract excerpt
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is characterized by maternally transmitted, bilateral, central vision loss in young adults. It is caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encoded genes that contribute polypeptides to NADH dehydrogenase or complex I. Four mtDNA variants, the nucleotide pair (np) 3460A, 11778A, 14484C, and 14459A mutations, are known as "primary" LHON mutations and are found...
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