| Literature DB >> 6157106 |
I C Eperon, S Anderson, D P Nierlich.
Abstract
The nucleotide sequence spanning the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes of cloned human mitochondrial DNA reveals an extremely compact genome organization wherein the putative tRNA genes are probably 'butt-jointed' around the two rRNA genes. The sequences of the rRNA genes are significantly homologous in some regions to eukaryotic and prokaryotic sequences, but distinctive; the tRNA genes also have unusual nucleotide sequences. It seems that human mitochondria did not originate from recognizable relatives of present day organisms.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6157106 DOI: 10.1038/286460a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962