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Mitochondrial Genome Variants as a Cause of Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy.
Cells - 11 Sept 2022
Campbell Teresa, Slone Jesse, Huang Taosheng
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are small double-membraned organelles responsible for the generation of energy used in the body in the form of ATP. Mitochondria are unique in that they contain their own circular mitochondrial genome termed mtDNA. mtDNA codes for 37 genes, and together with the nuclear genome (nDNA), dictate mitochondrial structure and function. Not surprisingly, pathogenic variants in the mtDNA or nDNA can result...
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