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Investigating the importance of individual mitochondrial genotype in susceptibility to drug-induced toxicity.
Biochemical Society transactions - 30 Jun 2020
Penman Sophie L, Carter Alice S, Chadwick Amy E
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The mitochondrion is an essential organelle responsible for generating cellular energy. Additionally, mitochondria are a source of inter-individual variation as they contain their own genome. Evidence has revealed that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation can confer differences in mitochondrial function and importantly, these differences may be a factor underlying the idiosyncrasies associated with unpredictable...
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