Role of mitochondrial mutations in cancer.

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A role for mitochondria in cancer causation has been implicated through identification of mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and in nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes. Although many mtDNA mutations were detected in common tumors, an unequivocal causal link between heritable mitochondrial abnormalities and cancer is provided only by the germ line mutations in the nuclear-encoded genes for succinate...

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