Article
Impaired mitochondrial translation in human myoblasts harbouring the mitochondrial DNA tRNA lysine 8344 A-->G (MERRF) mutation: relationship to proportion of mutant mitochondrial DNA.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Jun 1995
Hanna M G, Nelson I P, Morgan-Hughes J A, Harding A E
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial DNA transfer RNA lysine A8344G mutation is commonly associated with the MERRF (myoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibre) phenotype. The molecular pathogenesis of disease associated with this mutation is unclear. Theoretically, a mitochondrial tRNA mutation might affect transcrip...
Topics
- Autoradiography
- Blotting, Northern
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Epilepsies, Myoclonic
- Humans
- Lysine
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mitochondria, Muscle
- Muscles
- Phenotype
- Point Mutation
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Transfer, Lys