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Patent Inventor Names
Gregory C. Kujoth0
Tomas A. Prolla0
Date of Patent
October 24, 2006
Patent Application Number
11119099
Date Filed
April 29, 2005
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A mouse model for mammalian aging is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a mouse having a genomic mutation in the exonuclease domain II (ExoII) of a mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (PolG) gene, wherein the mutation leads to high levels of mutations in polymerase mtDNA.
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