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Identification of a new human mtDNA polymorphism (A14290G) in the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 gene.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Jun 2006
Houshmand M, Mahmoudi T, Panahi M Shafa Shariat, Seyedena Y, Saber S, Ataei M
Abstract excerpt
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited form of retinal ganglion cell degeneration leading to optic atrophy in young adults. Several mutations in different genes can cause LHON (heterogeneity). The ND6 gene is one of the mitochondrial genes that encodes subunit 6 of complex I of the respiratory chain. This gene is a hot spot gene. Fourteen Persian LHON patients were analyzed with...
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