Suppression of a +1 T mutation by a nearby substitution in the mitochondrial cox1 gene of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: A new type of frameshift suppression in an organelle genome

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-298

  Remacle, C ^a   Colin, M ^a   Matagne, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Hungry codon; Mitochondrial frameshift mutation; Ribosome frameshifting; Suppressor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CODON; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MITOCHONDRIA; POINT MUTATION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0031662829     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050815     Document Type: Article

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