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Segregation patterns of a novel mutation in the mitochondrial tRNA glutamic acid gene associated with myopathy and diabetes mellitus.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 1995
Hao H, Bonilla E, Manfredi G, DiMauro S, Moraes C T
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a novel mtDNA mutation in a 29-year-old man with myopathy and diabetes mellitus. This T-->C transition at mtDNA position 14709 alters an evolutionarily conserved nucleotide in the region specifying for the anticodon loop of the mitochondrial tRNA(Glu). The nt-14709 mutation was heteroplasmic but present at very high levels in the patient's muscle, white blood cells (WBCs), and hair follicles;...
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