Diagnosis of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) : analysis of MT-ND1, MT-ND4 and MT-ND6 in patients with LHON
Leber´s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), a disease affecting vision, is caused by several point mutations in mitochondrial DNA. Mutations leading to a defect NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase protein will affect the respiratory chain and cause a disturbed ATP production. It is still unknown why this...
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi
2009
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-109492 |