Advanced sequencing technology provides new insights into human mitochondrial diseases

Friday, October 19, 2018 - 13:20 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have for the first time been able to investigate the abundance and methyl modifications of all mitochondrial tRNAs in patients suffering from one of the most common inherited mitochondrial tRNA mutations. The analysis pipeline revealed quantitative changes that had dramatic effects on protein synthesis within mitochondria.

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