RNase mitochondrial RNA processing correctly cleaves a novel R loop at the mitochondrial DNA leading-strand origin of replication

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 582-592

  Lee, Daniel Y ^a   Clayton, David A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

mitochondrial RNA processing; R loop; Replication priming; RNA DNA hybrid; RNase MRP

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030952327     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.5.582     Document Type: Article

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