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US 2003/0159167 A1Published application
Method of transferring mutant mitochondrial dna into genital cells
OwnerJun-Ichi Hayashiinventor
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Abstract
Provided is an effective method for introducing mutant mtDNA into germ cells, which comprises fusing enucleated cells possessing mutant mitochondrial DNA with mitochondrial DNA-less cells to produce cybrids, enucleating the cybrids, and fusing the cybrids with germ cells.
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A method for introducing mutant mitochondrial DNA into a germ cell, which comprises fusing an enucleated cell possessing mutant mitochondrial DNA with a mitochondrial DNA-less cell to produce a cybrid, enucleating the cybrid, and fusing the cybrid with a germ cell.
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