A TRANSFER RNA(SER(UCN)) GENE IN ARTEMIA-SALINA MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA - ACASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

Authors
OKIMOTO R WOLSTENHOLME DR
Citation
R. Okimoto et Dr. Wolstenholme, A TRANSFER RNA(SER(UCN)) GENE IN ARTEMIA-SALINA MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA - ACASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, Current genetics, 24(4), 1993, pp. 313-315
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Current genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01728083
Volume
24
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
313 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-8083(1993)24:4<313:ATRGIA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We have sequenced a segment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of a crustace an, the brine shrimp, Artemia salina, that includes 3' end-proximal re gions of the genes for subunit 1 of the NADH dehydrogenase complex (ND 1) and cytochrome b (Cyt b). From our data we conclude that in this mt DNA, as in the mtDNAs of Drosophila species, a tRNA(Ser(UCN)) gene sep arates the ND1 and Cyt b genes. This is contrary to an earlier report that the A. salina ND1 and Cyt b genes are immediately adjacent to eac h other.