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Loss of mutant mitochondrial DNA harboring the MELAS A3243G mutation in human cybrid cells after cell-cell fusion with normal tissue-derived fibroblast cells.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2010
Yano Takamitsu, Tanaka Masashi, Fukuda Noboru, Ueda Takuya, Nagase Hiroki
Abstract excerpt
Mutant mitochondrial (mt) DNA variants are related to human disease and have been investigated using cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) cells generated from human tumor cells in which mutant mt maintenance depends on the cell line. It is, however, unclear whether human intercellular fusion of non-tumorous cells influences the maintenance of disease-related mutant mt. A preliminary experiment of cell-cell fusion between...
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