MFN2 mutations cause compensatory mitochondrial DNA proliferation
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1 Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK 3 IfADo – Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany 4 Friedrich-Baur Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany 5 Department of Child Neurology, DNA Laboratory, Charles University, 2nd School of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic 6 MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK 7 Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR MFN2 mutations cause compensatory mitochondrial DNA proliferation
1 Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK 3 IfADo – Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany 4 Friedrich-Baur Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany ...
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