Point Mutations of the mtDNA Control Region in Normal and Neurodegenerative Human Brains

Patrick F. Chinnery; Geoffrey A. Taylor; Neil Howell; D. T. Brown; Thomas J. Parsons; Douglass M. Turnbull

doi:10.1086/318204

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Mitochondrial DNAPoint mutationBiologyHuman brainDementiaSomatic cellGeneticsAlzheimer's diseaseDiseasemtDNA control regionMutationPathologyNeuroscienceGeneMedicineGenotype

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 68
Issue: 2
Pages: 529-532
Citations: 89
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                                    Patrick F. Chinnery, 
                                
                                    Geoffrey A. Taylor, 
                                
                                    Neil Howell
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Point Mutations of the mtDNA Control Region in Normal and Neurodegenerative Human Brains. 
                            The American Journal of Human Genetics
                            , 68
                            (2)
                            , 529-532.
                            https://doi.org/10.1086/318204
                        

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DOI: 10.1086/318204