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Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate pools in thymidine kinase 2 deficiency.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 24 Oct 2003
Saada Ann, Ben-Shalom Efrat, Zyslin Rivka, Miller Chaya, Mandel Hanna, Elpeleg Orly
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of mitochondrial thymidine kinase (TK2) is associated with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion and manifests by severe skeletal myopathy in infancy. In order to elucidate the pathophysiology of this condition, mitochondrial deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pools were determined in patients' fibroblasts. Despite normal mtDNA content and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) activity, mitochondrial dNTP...
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