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Obesity associated with a novel mitochondrial tRNACys 5802A>G mutation in a Chinese family.
Bioscience reports - 31 Jan 2020
Wang Jinling, Zhao Ningning, Mao Xiaoting, Meng Feilong, Huang Ke, Dong Guanping, Ji Yanchun, Fu JunFen
Abstract excerpt
A Chinese family with matrilineally inherited obesity was assessed and its clinical, genetic, and molecular profiling was conducted. Obesity was observed in matrilineal relatives (3 out of 7) of a single generation (of 3 alive generations) in this family. On pedigree analysis and sequencing of their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), a novel homoplasmic mutation of the mitochondrial tRNACys gene (5802A>G) was identified...
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