Article
New MT-ND1 pathologic mutation for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology - 1 Dec 2014
Martínez-Romero Íñigo, Herrero-Martín M Dolores, Llobet Laura, Emperador Sonia, Martín-Navarro Antonio, Narberhaus Bernat, Ascaso Francisco J, López-Gallardo Ester, Montoya Julio, Ruiz-Pesini Eduardo
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BACKGROUND: Mutations causing Leber hereditary optic neuropathy are usually homoplasmic, show incomplete penetrance, and many of the affected positions are not well conserved through evolution. A large percentage of patients harbouring these mutations have no family history of disease. Moreover, the transfer of the mutation in the cybrid model is frequently not accompanied by the transfer of the cellular,...
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