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Leigh syndrome associated with mitochondrial complex I deficiency due to novel mutations In NDUFV1 and NDUFS2.
Gene - 1 Mar 2013
Marin Samantha E, Mesterman Ronit, Robinson Brian, Rodenburg Richard J, Smeitink Jan, Tarnopolsky Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Leigh syndrome (LS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by either mitochondrial or nuclear DNA mutations resulting in dysfunctional mitochondrial energy metabolism. Mutations in genes encoding for subunits of the respiratory chain or assembly factors of respiratory chain complexes are often documented in LS cases. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH):ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) enzyme...
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