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Novel mitochondrial mutation in the ND4 gene associated with Leigh syndrome.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Nov 2006
Vanniarajan A, Rajshekher G P, Joshi M B, Reddy A G, Singh L, Thangaraj K
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of a 3-month-old female child with basal ganglionic lesions and other clinical features suggestive of Leigh syndrome, which is caused by variations in mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Our study revealed a novel, homoplasmic T11984C missense mutation in ND4 gene, which replaces a highly conserved amino acid tyrosine with histidine. Computational analysis showed that...
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