THE GENES FOR CYTOCHROME-B, ND4L, ND6 AND 2 TRANSFER-RNAS FROM THE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME OF THE LOCUST, LOCUSTA-MIGRATORIA

Authors
RIPPE RM GELLISSEN G
Citation
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
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Current genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01728083
Volume
25
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
135 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-8083(1994)25:2<135:TGFCNN>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
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.