Mitochondrial DNA deletions are abundant and cause functional impairment in aged human substantia nigra neurons

Yevgenya Kraytsberg; Elena Kudryavtseva; Ann C. McKee; Changiz Geula; Neil W. Kowall; Konstantin Khrapko

doi:10.1038/ng1778

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BiologyMitochondrial DNACytochrome c oxidaseMitochondrionSubstantia nigraMolecular biologyGeneticsDNAGeneCell biologyNeuroscience

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 38
Issue: 5
Pages: 518-520
Citations: 882
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                                    Yevgenya Kraytsberg, 
                                
                                    Elena Kudryavtseva, 
                                
                                    Ann C. McKee
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            Mitochondrial DNA deletions are abundant and cause functional impairment in aged human substantia nigra neurons. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 38
                            (5)
                            , 518-520.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1778
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng1778