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Analysis of mitochondrial DNA mutations in D-loop region in thyroid lesions.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Mar 2010
Ding Zhinan, Ji Jingzhang, Chen Guorong, Fang Hezhi, Yan Shihui, Shen Lijun, Wei Jia, Yang Kaiyan, Lu Jianxin, Bai Yidong
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BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial defects have been associated with various human conditions including cancers. METHODS: We analyzed the mutations at the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in patients with different thyroid lesions. In particular, in order to investigate if the accumulation of mtDNA mutations play a role in tumor progression, we studied the highly variable main control region of mtDNA, the displacement-loop...
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