Use of the UGA terminator as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondria.

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.

Keywords

Terminator (solar)Mitochondrial DNACytochrome c oxidaseCytochrome bBiologyGeneticsCytochrome C1MitochondrionCoding regionStop codonGenetic codeTransfer RNABiochemistryDNAGeneChemistryRNA

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Columbia University US

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Year: 1979
Type: article
Volume: 76
Issue: 8
Pages: 3784-3785
Citations: 153
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                                    G. Macino, 
                                
                                    Gloria M. Coruzzi, 
                                
                                    F. G. Nóbrega
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1979). 
                            Use of the UGA terminator as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondria.. 
                            Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
                            , 76
                            (8)
                            , 3784-3785.
                            https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.76.8.3784
                        

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.76.8.3784