Mutations at specific atp6 codons which cause human mitochondrial diseases also lead to male sterility in a plant.

doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01538-5

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Mutations at specific atp6 codons which cause human mitochondrial diseases also lead to male sterility in a plant.

FEBS letters - 18 Dec 1998

Kempken F, Howard W, Pring D R

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Defects in the human mitochondrial genetic system result in some diseases. These disorders are the result of rearrangements or point mutations in mitochondrial genes. In higher plants mutations and rearrangements in the mitochondrial DNA are believed to cause cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), a m...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Codon
DNA, Mitochondrial
Fertility
Humans
Mitochondrial Myopathies
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Plant Proteins
Plants
Proton-Translocating ATPases
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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