Two novel gene orders and the role of light-strand replication in rearrangement of the vertebrate mitochondrial genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-104

  Macey, J Robert ^a   Larson, Allan ^a,e   Ananjeva, Natalia B ^b   Fang, Zhili ^c   Papenfuss, Theodore J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Sichuan Inst of Environ Protection   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibian; gene organization; mitochondrial DNA; phylogenetic; reptile; transfer RNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FROG; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TANDEM REPEAT; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031012089     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025706     Document Type: Article

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