POLRMT mutations impair mitochondrial transcription causing neurological disease

Autor: Monika Oláhová, Bradley Peter, Zsolt Szilagyi, Hector Diaz-Maldonado, Meenakshi Singh, Ewen W. Sommerville, Emma L. Blakely, Jack J. Collier, Emily Hoberg, Viktor Stránecký, Hana Hartmannová, Anthony J. Bleyer, Kim L. McBride, Sasigarn A. Bowden, Zuzana Korandová, Alena Pecinová, Hans-Hilger Ropers, Kimia Kahrizi, Hossein Najmabadi, Mark A. Tarnopolsky, Lauren I. Brady, K. Nicole Weaver, Carlos E. Prada, Katrin Õunap, Monica H. Wojcik, Sander Pajusalu, Safoora B. Syeda, Lynn Pais, Elicia A. Estrella, Christine C. Bruels, Louis M. Kunkel, Peter B. Kang, Penelope E. Bonnen, Tomáš Mráček, Stanislav Kmoch, Gráinne S. Gorman, Maria Falkenberg, Claes M. Gustafsson, Robert W. Taylor
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21279-0
Popis: POLRMT is key for transcription of the mitochondrial genome, yet has not been implicated in mitochondrial disease to date. Here, the authors identify mutations in POLRMT in individuals with mitochondrial disease-related phenotypes and characterise underlying defects in mitochondrial transcription.
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