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Differential mutation frequency in mitochondrial DNA from thyroid tumours.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Oct 2002
Lohrer H D, Hieber L, Zitzelsberger H
Abstract excerpt
Lack of a chromatin structure and histone protection makes mitochondrial DNA susceptible to oxidative damage. Suboptimal DNA repair leads to a higher frequency of mitochondrial mutations, which are associated with aging, carcinogenesis and environmental insult. The instability of the hypervariable region II of the mitochondrial genome was investigated in radiation-associated thyroid tumours, which were diagnosed...
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