Evolution of mitochondrial DNA in yeast: Gene order and structural organization of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces uvarum

Current Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-59

  Cardazzo, Barbara ^a   Minuzzo, Sonia ^a   Sartori, Geppo ^a   Grapputo, Alessandro ^a   Carignani, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 sequence; mtDNA evolution; Saccharomyces uvarum mtDNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES;

CYTOSINE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GUANINE; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES DOUGLASII; SACCHAROMYCES UVARUM;

EID: 0031932429     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050308     Document Type: Article

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