PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE RPOB GENE FROM THE PLASTID-LIKE DNA OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM

被引:31
作者
GARDNER, MJ
GOLDMAN, N
BARNETT, P
MOORE, PW
RANGACHARI, K
STRATH, M
WHYTE, A
WILLIAMSON, DH
WILSON, RJM
机构
[1] NATL INST MED RES,DIV PARASITOL,LONDON NW7 1AA,ENGLAND
[2] NATL INST MED RES,MATH BIOL LAB,LONDON NW7 1AA,ENGLAND
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
MALARIA; PLASTID; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA POLYMERASE; RPOB;
D O I
10.1016/0166-6851(94)90149-X
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Marlaria and other Apicomplexan parasites harbour two extrachromosomal DNAs. One is mitochondrial and the other is a 35-kb circle with some plastid-like features but whose provenance and function is unknown. In addition to genes from rRNAs, tRNAs and ribosomal proteins, the 35-kb circular DNA of Plasmodium falciparum carries an rpoBC operon which encodes subunits of a eubacteria-like RNA polymerase. The phylogenetic analysis of the complete rpoB sequence presented here supports our inference that the 35-kb circle is the remnant of a plastid genome.
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页码:221 / 231
页数:11
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