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MtDNA and nuclear mutations affecting oxidative phosphorylation: correlating severity of clinical defect with extent of bioenergetic compromise.
Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes - 1 Jun 1994
Robinson B H
Abstract excerpt
Rates of ATP synthesis were studied in cultured skin fibroblasts treated with digitonin. In fibroblasts from patients with complex I deficiency, complex IV and complex V deficiency rates of ATP synthesis were decreased below the levels found in controls. In mitochondria isolated from cultured lymphoblasts, ATP synthesis was also decreased by 35-50% in cases of Leigh's disease due to complex I, complex IV, or...
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