title: Mitochondrial DNA mutations in normal and tumor tissues from breast cancer patients.
abstract: We have characterized the mtDNA in normal and breast cancer tissues from seven patients. Both types of tissue showed point mutation heteroplasmies and extensive deletions of the mtDNA. The analysis of these polymorphisms allowed us to infer the mtDNA composition of the breast cell that underwent malignant transformation.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bailliet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial