Analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences in childhood encephalomyopathies reveals new disease-associated variants.

BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of clinical disorders generally caused due to mutations in either mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) or nuclear genes encoding oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). We analyzed the mtDNA sequences from a group of 23 pediatric patients with...

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Main Authors: Aijaz A Wani, Sajad H Ahanger, Sharmila A Bapat, Ashraf Y Rangrez, Nitin Hingankar, C G Suresh, Shama Barnabas, Milind S Patole, Yogesh S Shouche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1976591?pdf=render