9 DUPLICATED TRANSFER-RNA GENES ON THE PLASTID-LIKE DNA OF THE MALARIA PARASITE PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM

Authors
GARDNER MJ PREISER P RANGACHARI K MOORE D FEAGIN JE WILLIAMSON DH WILSON RJM
Citation
Mj. Gardner et al., 9 DUPLICATED TRANSFER-RNA GENES ON THE PLASTID-LIKE DNA OF THE MALARIA PARASITE PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM, Gene, 144(2), 1994, pp. 307-308
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Gene → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781119
Volume
144
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
307 - 308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1119(1994)144:2<307:9DTGOT>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A major feature of the plastid-like circular DNA of Plasmodium falcipa rum is an inverted repeat comprising duplicated genes for rRNA (rrn) a nd tRNA (trn). We have identified nine putative trn genes in each arm of the repeat on the basis of their potential clover-leaf structures a nd conserved residues. Northern blots indicate that these trn genes ar e expressed.