Rm. Rippe et G. Gellissen, THE GENES FOR CYTOCHROME-B, ND4L, ND6 AND 2 TRANSFER-RNAS FROM THE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME OF THE LOCUST, LOCUSTA-MIGRATORIA, Current genetics, 25(2), 1994, pp. 135-141
We have cloned and characterized a 2,778-kb XbaI segment of the mitoch
ondrial genome of the locust, Locusta migratoria. It harbours portions
of the ND4 and the ND1 genes, the entire genes for ND6, ND4L and cyto
chrome b, and the genes for: three mitochondrial tRNAs. The genes are
arranged in an order which is conserved between orthopteran and dipter
an insects. The analysis of the cytochrome b sequence, and its compari
son with other systems, supports the current model structure for this
polypeptide.