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Mice with mitochondrial complex I deficiency develop a fatal encephalomyopathy.
Cell metabolism - 1 Apr 2008
Kruse Shane E, Watt William C, Marcinek David J, Kapur Raj P, Schenkman Kenneth A, Palmiter Richard D
Abstract excerpt
To study effects of mitochondrial complex I (CI, NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) deficiency, we inactivated the Ndufs4 gene, which encodes an 18 kDa subunit of the 45-protein CI complex. Although small, Ndufs4 knockout (KO) mice appeared healthy until approximately 5 weeks of age, when ataxic signs began, progressing to death at approximately 7 weeks. KO mice manifested encephalomyopathy including a retarded...
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