Article
Metabolic control analysis and mitochondrial pathologies.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 1 Jul 1998
Letellier T, Malgat M, Rossignol R, Mazat J P
Abstract excerpt
One of the main salient features recognized in mitochondrial diseases is the existence of a threshold in the degree of a mitochondrial deficit for the expression of the disease. When expressed as a function of the degree of heteroplasmy, the value of the threshold can be very high, around 90% (mutated DNA/total DNA). This means that 10% of normal DNA is enough to sustain a quasi normal mitochondrial oxidative...
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