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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

ISSN

1091-6490

Autores

G. Macino, Gloria M. Coruzzi, F. G. Nóbrega, M Li, A Tzagoloff,

Tópico(s)

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Resumo

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.

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