DNA sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus: Evidence for UAG being a leucine and UCA being a non-sense codon

Gene

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-18

  Kück, Ulrich ^a   Jekosch, Kerstin ^a   Holzamer, Petra ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cDNA analysis; Lower eukaryotes; Mitochondrial genetic code

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GREEN ALGA; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EDITING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE, GREEN; ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; RNA EDITING; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0342758596     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00228-6     Document Type: Article

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