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Expression of the alternative oxidase complements cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in human cells.
EMBO molecular medicine - 1 Apr 2009
Dassa Emmanuel P, Dufour Eric, Gonçalves Sérgio, Paupe Vincent, Hakkaart Gertjan A J, Jacobs Howard T, Rustin Pierre
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency is associated with a wide spectrum of clinical conditions, ranging from early onset devastating encephalomyopathy and cardiomyopathy, to neurological diseases in adulthood and in the elderly. No method of compensating successfully for COX deficiency has been reported so far. In vitro, COX-deficient human cells require additional glucose, pyruvate and uridine for normal growth...
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