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Response to the increase of oxidative stress and mutation of mitochondrial DNA in aging.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Oct 2009
Ma Yi-Shing, Wu Shi-Bei, Lee Wan-Yu, Cheng Ju-San, Wei Yau-Huei
Abstract excerpt
In the aging process, mitochondrial function gradually declines with an increase of mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in tissue cells. Some of the aging-associated mtDNA mutations have been shown to result in not only inefficient generation of ATP but also increased production of reactive ox...
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