mortality/aging
• appear to be normal up to approximately E9.5
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embryo
• posterior truncation at E11.5
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• severely retarded in growth at E11.5
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growth/size/body
• severely retarded in growth at E11.5
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cellular
• grossly abnormal mitochondria
• some mitochondria are spherical and aggregated
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• poorly survived mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) cultured from homozygous E9.5 embryos
• MEFs slowly die over several weeks in culture
• nuclei staining with Hoechst 33342 show chromatin condensation
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• few MEFs cells attach to the plate
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• no MEFs proliferation
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