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Possible association of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) genotype with sporadic Alzheimer disease.
Neuroscience letters - 21 Oct 2004
Günther Claudia, von Hadeln Kirsten, Müller-Thomsen Tomas, Alberici Antonella, Binetti Giuliano, Hock Christoph, Nitsch Roger M, Stoppe Gabriela, Reiss Jochen, Gal Andreas, Finckh Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is essential for transcription and replication of mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Disturbance of maintenance of mtDNA integrity or mitochondrial function may underlay neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer disease (AD). TFAM, the gene encoding TFAM maps to chromosome 10q21.1, a region that showed linkage to late-onset AD in several study samples. We screened...
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