Family members have an autosomal recessive disease characterized by intellectual dterioration,ataxia,seizures and death at ayoung age Studies demostrate a deficiency of cytochrome C oxidase activity Which of the following subcellular orgalles is defective ?
B It's a mitochondrial disease = Leigh's disease: deficiency of cytocrome oxidase with necrotizing encephalomyelopathy ___________________ Traveler, there are no roads. Roads are made by walking.
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09/22/06 - 03:34 AM
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B ___________________ "Love is the only inflamation of the heart that drains in the vagina" (translation after Dr Petre Florescu, Professor of Pathology, UMF "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj Napoca
eytanraz Forum Newbie
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09/25/06 - 09:54 AM
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If it was Leigh disease it would not have autosomal recessive way of transmission.
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09/25/06 - 10:11 AM
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eytanraz wrote: If it was Leigh disease it would not have autosomal recessive way of transmission.
It is Leigh Disease (Cyt C deficiency)
" Leigh's Disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic trait. However, autosomal dominant, X-linked recessive, and mitochondrial inheritance have also been noted "
