Complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of the chlorophyte alga Prototheca wickerhamii: Gene content and genome organization

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 75-86

  Wolff, Gabriele ^a   Plante, Isabelle ^b   Lang, B Franz ^b   Kück, Ulrich ^a   Burger, Gertraud ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complete mtDNA sequence; Genetic map; Green alga; Protist; Repeated elements

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROTISTA; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII;

EID: 0028330225     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1210     Document Type: Article

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