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Disorders of nuclear-mitochondrial intergenomic signaling.
Gene - 18 Jul 2005
Spinazzola Antonella, Zeviani Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Depletion and multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been associated with a number of autosomal disorders classified as defects of nuclear-mitochondrial intergenomic signaling. The mendelian forms of progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders characterized by the accumulation of multiple deletions of mtDNA in postmitotic patient's tissues. Most...
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