Article
Mitochondrial DNA alterations and genetic diseases: a review.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Jan 1994
Lestienne P, Bataillé N
Abstract excerpt
We review the main features of human mitochondrial function and structure, and in particular mitochondrial transcription, translation, and replication cycles. Furthermore, some pecularities such as mitochondria's high polymorphism, the existence of mitochondrial pseudogenes, and the various consi...
Topics
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genes
- Genetics, Medical
- Humans
- Mutation
- RNA, Ribosomal
- RNA, Transfer