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[Model mouse for mitochondrial DNA-based diseases].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Nov 2008
Nakada Kazuto, Sato Akitsugu, Hayashi Jun-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
Patient studies suggested that accumulation of pathogenic mitochondrial (mt) DNAs having large-scale deletion or point mutation and the resultant mitochondrial respiratory abnormalities are associated with a wide variety of disorders, such as mitochondrial diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, and aging. Although the pathogenicities of these mtDNA mutations were proved by co-transmission of the mutant...
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