The Role of the Mitochondrial Genome in Ageing and Carcinogenesis

Mitochondrial DNA mutations and polymorphisms have been the focus of intensive investigations for well over a decade in an attempt to understand how they affect fundamental processes such as cancer and aging. Initial interest in mutations occurring in mitochondrial DNA of cancer cells diminished whe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anna M. Czarnecka, Ewa Bartnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Aging Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/136435