Figure 2. Examples of dipsticks from (a) normal fibroblast cells (b) rho0 fibroblast cells which lack mtDNA and hence complexes I and IV only (c) a fibroblast sample from a patient exhibiting a specific deficiency in complex I (d) pure frataxin and (e) buffer control with containing no sample. Data from these sticks was collected using a simple flatbed scanner and ImageJ software.
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