Identification and distribution of sequences having similarity to mitochondrial plasmids in mitochondrial genomes of filamentous fungi

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 273, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 462-473

  Cahan, Patrick ^a,b   Kennell, John C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Horizontal transfer; Integration; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial plasmids

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALINDROMIC DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 23044487158     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-1133-x     Document Type: Article

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