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Characterization of lymphoblast mitochondria from patients with Barth syndrome.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Jun 2005
Xu Yang, Sutachan John J, Plesken Heide, Kelley Richard I, Schlame Michael
Abstract excerpt
Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a multisystem disorder of individuals who carry mutations in tafazzin, a putative phospholipid acyltransferase. We investigated the hypothesis that BTHS is caused by specific impairment of the mitochondrial lipid metabolism. The fatty acid composition of all major mitochondrial phospholipids, phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and cardiolipin (CL), changed in...
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