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Nuclear genetic control of mitochondrial DNA segregation.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 2003
Battersby Brendan J, Loredo-Osti J C, Shoubridge Eric A
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a high copy-number, maternally inherited genome that codes for a small number of essential proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation. Mutations in mtDNA are responsible for a broad spectrum of clinical disorders. The segregation pattern of pathogenic mtDNA mutants is an important determinant of the nature and severity of mitochondrial disease, but it varies with the...
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