Use of the UGA terminator as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondria.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1979/8;76(8):3784-5.
Macino G, Coruzzi G, Nobrega FG, Li M, Tzagoloff A
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Abstract
We propose that the UGA terminator regularly occurs as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondrial DNA. This conclusion is based on the sequence analysis of mitochondrial DNA regions coding for structural genes of cytochrome b, cytochrome oxidase, and the ATPase.
MeSH terms
Base Sequence; Codon; DNA, Mitochondrial; Electron Transport Complex IV; Genes; Genetic Code; Mutation; Peptide Chain Termination, Translational; RNA, Messenger; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Tryptophan
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