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Fatal manifestation of a de novo ND5 mutation: Insights into the pathogenetic mechanisms of mtDNA ND5 gene defects.
Mitochondrion - 1 Jul 2007
Zhadanov Sergey I, Grechanina Elena Ya, Grechanina Yulia B, Gusar Vladislava A, Fedoseeva Natalya P, Lebon Sophie, Münnich Alfred, Schurr Theodore G
Abstract excerpt
We report the de novo occurrence of a heteroplasmic 12706T-->C (12705C) ND5 mutation associated with the clinical expression of fatal Leigh syndrome. Phylogenetic analysis of several cases having the 12706C mutation confirmed that this mutation occurred independently in distinctive mtDNA backgrounds. In each of these cases, the low level of heteroplasmy and the association of the mutation with a deleterious...
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