Mitochondrial genome diversity: Evolution of the molecular architecture and replication strategy

Current Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Nosek, Jozef ^a   Tomáška, L'ubomír ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Linear genophores; Mitochondria; Replication; Telomere

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CRITHIDIA; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA; THEILERIA; TRANSPOSON; TRYPANOSOMA;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; RECOMBINASES; TELOMERE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CRITHIDIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; OOMYCETES; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCES; TETRAHYMENA; THEILERIA; TRANSPOSONS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0344876053     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-003-0426-z     Document Type: Review

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