The mitochondrial DNA of Allomyces macrogynus: The complete genomic sequence from an ancestral fungus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 688-701

  Paquin, Bruno ^a,b   Lang, B Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genome sequencing; Lower fungus; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CIRCULAR DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ENDONUCLEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYCOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029928715     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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