title: Current perspectives in the study of human mitochondriopathies.
abstract: Recent advances in the study of human mitochondriopathies are discussed, and the impact that modern molecular-biology techniques are likely to have on the understanding of both the disease mechanisms and the basic mechanisms of mitochondrial assembly are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marzuki
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dennett
mesh_terms: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial