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Mitochondrial DNA repair in aging and disease.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Jan 2000
Druzhyna Nadiya M, Wilson Glenn L, LeDoux Susan P
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Mitochondria are organelles which, according to the endosymbiosis theory, evolved from purpurbacteria approximately 1.5 billion years ago. One of the unique features of mitochondria is that they have their own genome. Mitochondria replicate and transcribe their DNA semiautonomously. Like nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is constantly exposed to DNA damaging agents. Regarding the repair of mtDNA, the...
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