Copy-choice recombination during mitochondrial L-strand synthesis causes DNA deletions

Autor: Örjan Persson, Yazh Muthukumar, Swaraj Basu, Louise Jenninger, Jay P. Uhler, Anna-Karin Berglund, Robert McFarland, Robert W. Taylor, Claes M. Gustafsson, Erik Larsson, Maria Falkenberg
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08673-5
Popis: Large-scale deletions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are associated with different human mitochondrial diseases and normal human ageing. Here the authors present a model for mtDNA formation based on generation sequencing analysis of patients samples and in vitro reconstituted mtDNA deletion using purified proteins.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals