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An ancestral mitochondrial DNA resembling a eubacterial genome in miniature.

Authors :
Lang, B. Franz
Burger, Gertraud
Source :
Nature. 5/29/1997, Vol. 387 Issue 6632, p493. 5p. 4 Diagrams, 1 Chart.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

Describes a primitive mitochondrial genome in the freshwater protozoon Reclinomonas americana. The display of ultrastructural characteristics in the protist that ally it with the retortamonads; The implications of the gene content and the eubacterial characteristics of genome organization and expression.

Subjects

Subjects :
*EUKARYOTIC cells
*MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

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Language :
English
ISSN :
00280836
Volume :
387
Issue :
6632
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Nature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9706170243
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/387493a0
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