The radish (Raphanus sativus L.) mitochondrial cox2 gene contains an ACG at the predicted translation initiation site

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-87

  Dong, F G ^a   Wilson, K G ^a   Makaroff, C A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACG start codon; cox2 gene; RNA editing; Translation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CODON, INITIATOR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA EDITING; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VEGETABLES;

BRASSICA; EMBRYOPHYTA; RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0031684921     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050369     Document Type: Article

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