An investigation of the molecular genetics of some disorders of the mitochondrion

Mitochondrial DNA is exclusively maternally inherited, and encodes a proportion of the subunits of the electron transport chain. As some of the mitochondrial myopathies show a maternal pattern of inheritance and/or a biochemical defect of respiratory chain components, they could be caused by mutatio...

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Main Author: Poulton, Joanna
Published: University of Oxford 1990
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280430