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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
This paper describes the mapping data obtained on two patients in whom there was clear evidence for a rearrangement of mitochondrial DNA, using restriction enzyme analysis of DNA from whole blood and of polymerase chain reaction products. This suggested that a direct tandem duplication was present, and this was confirmed by sequence analysis of the junction fragment between duplicated segments. In each case the gene for cytochrome oxidase subunit I (MTCOX1) was interrupted, creating reading frames which, if transcribed and translated, would result in truncated versions of this peptide. Heteroplasmy and mosaicism for the abnormal mtDNA population were apparent. Preliminary data also suggest that high-molecular-weight rearrangements of the duplicated region are present in all tissues. The hypothesis that these duplicated genomes caused the phenotype was investigated by examining the distribution of duplicated genomes in various tissues using Southern hybridization and by RNA analysis. This included Northern blotting and cDNA sequencing. In order to investigate the origins of the duplicated mtDNAs, their distribution in different cells within a tissue was documented using the polymerase chain reaction.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0141-8955
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
487-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Duplications of mitochondrial DNA: implications for pathogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't