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Adult onset metabolic/mitochondrial myopathies and dystrophies

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)<br />

• covalently-closed DNA<br />

molecule (16.6 kb)<br />

• located in <strong>mitochondrial</strong><br />

matrix<br />

• high copy number<br />

• maternally-inherited<br />

• vulnerable to ROS-induced<br />

mutation<br />

• Replication, transcription<br />

<strong>and</strong> translation mediated by<br />

nuclear gene products<br />

• Unique genetics<br />

Tuppen et al. Biochim Biophys Acta 2010;1797;113-128

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