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Heteroplasmic ratio of the A3243G mitochondrial DNA mutation in single pancreatic beta cells.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 2003
Lynn S, Borthwick G M, Charnley R M, Walker M, Turnbull D M
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: To examine whether there is a high content of mutated mitochondrial DNA in individual pancreatic beta cells from a patient with the A3243G mitochondrial DNA mutation. METHODS: Tissues were available from a patient with diabetes and the A3243G mutation including pancreatic tissue. We quantified the amount of mutated mitochondrial DNA in tissue homogenates and single pancreatic beta cells using hot...
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