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Purification and functional characterization of human mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma harboring disease mutations.
Methods (San Diego, Calif.) - 1 Aug 2010
Kasiviswanathan Rajesh, Longley Matthew J, Young Matthew J, Copeland William C
Abstract excerpt
More than 150 different point mutations in POLG, the gene encoding the human mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (pol gamma), cause a broad spectrum of childhood and adult onset diseases like Alpers syndrome, ataxia-neuropathy syndrome and progressive external ophthalmoplegia. These disease mutations can affect the pol gamma enzyme's properties in numerous ways, thus potentially influencing the severity of the...
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