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[MITO-Porter; a cutting-edge technology for mitochondrial gene therapy].
Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan - 1 Jan 2012
Furukawa Ryo, Yamada Yuma, Harashima Hideyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Gene therapy is an attractive strategy, for not only targeting nuclear genome, but the mitochondrial genome as well. Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes 13 subunits of the electron transport chain, 22 tRNAs, and 2 rRNAs and their mutations cause a wide range of mitochondrial diseases. Each cell contains hundreds to thousands of mtDNAs, and in the case of a diseased cell, the mitochondrion possesses both...
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