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Linear and ‘lasso‐like’ structures of mitochondrial DNA from Pennisetum typhoides
Author(s) -
Kim Byung Dong,
Lee Kil Jae,
DeBusk A.Gib
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(82)81048-x
Subject(s) - mitochondrial dna , lasso (programming language) , pennisetum , dna , biology , genomic dna , computational biology , genetics , evolutionary biology , botany , gene , computer science , world wide web
Previously unidentified structures of plant mitochondrial DNA, namely intact linear molecules and ‘lasso‐like’ structures, are described. The genomic‐size circular DNA is concluded to be an end product of the progression of the ‘lasso’ structure. These findings give insight into the heterogeneity of mitochondrial DNA unique to higher plants.