Novel mitochondrial DNA mutation in tRNA(Lys) (8296A-->G) associated with diabetes

Mutation in the mitochondrial gene at position 3243 was recently identified in a large pedigree of diabetes mellitus and deafness. As the mitochondria play an important role in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells, we therefore searched for such mutations to detect a candida...

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