Mutation Screening in the Mitochondrial D-Loop Region of Tumoral and Non-tumoral Breast Cancer in Iranian Patients

The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in mitochondrial coding and non coding regions seem to be important in carcinogenesis. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate coding region (mt-tRNAPhe and tRNAPro) and non-coding sequence, mitochondrial displacement loop (mtDNA D-loop), in the cancerou...

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Main Authors: Babak Rahmani, Cyrus Azimi, Ramesh Omranipour, Reza Raoofian, Kazem Zendehdel, Samira Saee-Rad, Mansour Heidari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-07-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3928