Use of the UGA terminator as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondria.
1979; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 76; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1073/pnas.76.8.3784
ISSN1091-6490
AutoresG. Macino, Gloria M. Coruzzi, F. G. Nóbrega, M Li, A Tzagoloff,
Tópico(s)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
ResumoWe 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.
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