Mitochondrial genes are found on minicircle DNA molecules in the mesozoan animal Dicyema

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 645-650

  Watanabe, Kazuo I ^a   Bessho, Yoshitaka ^a   Kawasaki, Miho ^a   Hori, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c xidase; Dicyema; Mesozoan; Minicircle DNA; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WORM;

ANIMALIA; DICYEMA; MESOZOA;

EID: 0033605214     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2523     Document Type: Article

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