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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1981-8-10
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pubmed:abstractText |
Mitochondrial DNA from Ustilago cynodontis has been investigated in several of its properties. Its dG + dC content is equal to 33.5%; its buoyant density (1.698 g/cm3) is higher, by 5 mg/cm3, and its melting temperature (82.5 degrees C) is lower than expected for a bacterial DNA having the same base composition; the first derivative of its melting curve indicates a large compositional heterogeneity, its molarity of elution from hydroxyapatite is high, 0.28 M phosphate, and allows its partial separation from nuclear DNA. Degradation by micrococcal nuclease indicates that about 25% of the DNA is formed by stretches having no more than 15% dG + dC. Finally, the unit size of mitochondrial genome is about 50 X 10(6). In most of its properties, the mitochondrial genome of U. cynodontis presents strong analogies with that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A parallel investigation on mitochondrial DNA from Acanthamoeba castellanii which has as genome unit size of only 27 X 10(6), has shown that this shares with the former the dG + dC content (32.9%), the melting temperature (82.5 degrees C), a large compositional heterogeneity and a very similar pattern of micrococcal nuclease degradation; its buoyant density (1.692 g/cm3) and its molarity of elution from hydroxyapatite (0.25 M phosphate) are, however, normal, probably because of a different short-sequence pattern and the fact that its dA + dT-rich stretches are shorter, on the average.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Mar
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pubmed:issn |
0014-2956
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
114
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
577-83
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-7-23
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-Amoeba,
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-Basidiomycota,
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-DNA, Mitochondrial,
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-DNA Restriction Enzymes,
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-Genes,
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-Molecular Weight,
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-Species Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:6263620-Ustilago
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pubmed:year |
1981
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pubmed:articleTitle |
The mitochondrial genomes of Ustilago cynodontis and Acanthamoeba castellanii.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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