THE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME ON ITS WAY TO THE NUCLEUS - DIFFERENT STAGES OF GENE-TRANSFER IN HIGHER-PLANTS

被引:125
作者
BRENNICKE, A
GROHMANN, L
HIESEL, R
KNOOP, V
SCHUSTER, W
机构
[1] Institut für Genbiologische Forschung, D-1000 Berlin 33
关键词
ENDOSYMBIONT HYPOTHESIS; SEQUENCE TRANSFER; PLANT MITOCHONDRIA;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(93)81430-8
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
The vast majority of mitochondrial proteins are in all eukaryotes encoded in the nuclear genomes by genes which have been transferred from the original endosymbiont. DNA as well as RNA was and is exchanged between organelles. A functionally successful information transfer, however, requires complex structural and regulatory alterations of the concerned gene. The recently identified variations of the information content in mitochondrial genomes of different plant species represent different stages of the transfer process. These evolutionary intermediates allow a definition of requirements and chances of successful gene transfers.
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页码:140 / 145
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