Clustering of tRNA genes in Paracentrotus lividus mitochondrial DNA
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Current Genetics
- Vol. 13 (1) , 91-96
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00365762
Abstract
We have determined the base sequence of the restriction fragment Bam1-2 (3,593) of Paracentrotus lividus (sea urchin) mtDNA. This fragment contains, in addition to genes previously identified (part of the 12S rRNA, ND1 and part of the ND2 mRNA), a cluster of 15 tRNA genes located between the 12S and ND1 genes. Also to be found in the tRNA gene cluster, between the tRNAThr and tRNAPro genes, is a sequence of 134 bp which constitutes the only non-coding region of this DNA so far identified. The distinctive organization of the tRNA genes and the extreme size reduction of the non-coding region suggest the existence of unique mechanisms for the regulation of gene expression in this organism.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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