The mitochondrial genome of chlorogonium elongatum inferred from the complete sequence

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 431-440

  Kroymann, Jürgen ^a,b   Zetsche, Klaus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Chlorogonium elongatum; GC rich elements; Genome map; Group I introns; Mitochondrial genome

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENOME; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME;

ALGAE, GREEN; APOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENOME, PLANT; INTRONS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS EGUAMETOS; CHLAMYDOMONAS EUGAMETOS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROGONIUM ELONGATUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031665387     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006400     Document Type: Article

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