Article
Structure and function of the mitochondrial genome.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 1992
Clayton D A
Abstract excerpt
It is now clear that molecular defects in human mitochondrial DNA play a significant role in human disease. Mitochondrial DNA mutations range from single base changes in the 16.5 kilobase-pair genome up to large deletions and rearrangements. Independently of the actual cause of a given mutation,...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA Replication
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Humans
- Mutation
- Transcription, Genetic
