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Mitochondrial rRNA and tRNA and hearing function.
Cell research - 1 Mar 2007
Xing Guangqian, Chen Zhibin, Cao Xin
Abstract excerpt
The human ear is a delicate sensory apparatus of hearing for normal communication, and its proper functioning is highly dependent on mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. The first mitochondrial point mutation for nonsyndromic and aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss was identified in 1993. Since then a number of inherited mitochondrial mutations have been implicated in hearing loss. Most of the molecular...
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