A Rolling Circle Replication Mechanism Produces Multimeric Lariats of Mitochondrial DNA in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Lewis, Samantha C ^a,b,f   Joers, Priit ^b,c   Willcox, Smaranda ^d   Griffith, Jack D ^d   Jacobs, Howard T ^b,e   Hyman, Bradley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RESOLVASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA SYNTHESOME; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENOME; GONAD; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GONADS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; RECOMBINASES;

EID: 84924407804     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004985     Document Type: Article

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