Neurobiology of Disease Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy in Drosophila
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Alicia M. Celotto,1,2 Adam C. Frank,1,2 Steven W. McGrath,1,2 Tim Fergestad,3 Wayne A. Van Voorhies,5 Karolyn F. Buttle,4 Carmen A. Mannella,4 and Michael J. Palladino1,2 1Department of Pharmacology and 2Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, 3Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, 4Resource for the Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, New York Department of Health, Albany, New York 12201, and 5New Mexico State University, Molecular Biology Program, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
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