The Role of the Mitochondrial Genome in Ageing and Carcinogenesis
Mitochondrial DNA mutations and polymorphisms have been the focus of intensive investigations for well over a decade in an attempt to understand how they affect fundamental processes such as cancer and aging. Initial interest in mutations occurring in mitochondrial DNA of cancer cells diminished whe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Aging Research |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/136435 |