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Mitochondrial disorders caused by mutations in respiratory chain assembly factors.
Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine - 1 Aug 2011
Diaz Francisca, Kotarsky Heike, Fellman Vineta, Moraes Carlos T
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial diseases involve the dysfunction of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system. This group of diseases presents with heterogeneous clinical symptoms affecting mainly organs with high energy demands. Defects in the multimeric complexes comprising the OXPHOS system have a dual genetic origin, mitochondrial or nuclear DNA. Although many nuclear DNA mutations involve genes coding for subunits of the...
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