The cox1 gene from Euglena gracilis: A protist mitochondrial gene without introns and genetic code modifications

Current Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-213

  Tessier, L H ^a   Van Der Speck, H ^b   Gualberto, J M ^a   Grienenberger, J M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Euglena; Evolution; Mitochondria cox1; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENETIC CODE; HIGHER PLANT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GENES, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0031004120     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050197     Document Type: Article

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