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[Analysis of Heteroplasmy in the Major Noncoding Region of Mitochondrial DNA in the Blood and Atherosclerotic Plaques of Carotid Arteries].
Genetika - 1 Apr 2016
Golubenko M V, Nazarenko M S, Frolov A V, Sleptsov A A, Markov A V, Glushkova M E, Barbarash O L, Puzyrev V P
Abstract excerpt
For identification of somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations, the mtDNA major noncoding region (D-loop) sequence in blood samples and carotid atherosclerosis plaques from patients with atherosclerosis was analyzed. Five point heteroplasmic positions were observed in 4 of 23 individuals (17%). Only in two cases could heteroplasmy have resulted from somatic mutation, whereas three heteroplasmic positions were...
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