Maternal transmission of mitochondrial diseases

Abstract Given the major role of the mitochondrion in cellular homeostasis, dysfunctions of this organelle may lead to several common diseases in humans. Among these, maternal diseases linked to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are of special interest due to the unclear pattern of mitochondrial i...

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Main Authors: Marcos R. Chiaratti, Carolina H. Macabelli, José Djaci Augusto Neto, Mateus Priolo Grejo, Anand Kumar Pandey, Felipe Perecin, Maite del Collado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2020-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572020000200308&tlng=en