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Mitochondrial disease: maintenance of mitochondrial genome and molecular diagnostics.
Advances in clinical chemistry - 1 Jan 2006
Kang Dongchon, Hamasaki Naotaka
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is essential for the aerobic ATP synthesis system that is responsible for about 80% of normal cellular energy demands. In addition to rare genetic disorders causing neuromyopathy, alterations of mtDNA have been found also in so-called common diseases such as heart failure, diabetes, and cancer. Although some of these alterations are inherited, some are considered to be generated and/or...
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