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  • Title: A mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) mutation at 3,256 associated with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS).
    Author: Sato W, Hayasaka K, Shoji Y, Takahashi T, Takada G, Saito M, Fukawa O, Wachi E.
    Journal: Biochem Mol Biol Int; 1994 Aug; 33(6):1055-61. PubMed ID: 7804130.
    Abstract:
    Enzymatic and molecular analyses were conducted on the muscular tissue of a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). Significant decreases in activity of complexes I and IV were found and three nucleotide substitutions in the mitochondrial tRNA genes were detected. Two of the substitutions were detected in unaffected members of the family and in some healthy controls. A C-to-T transition mutation at the nucleotide position 3,256 in the mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) gene was detected only in the patient and not in unaffected members of the family or 100 healthy controls. The data strongly suggest that this mutation at nucleotide position 3,256 in the mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) gene is associated with MELAS.
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