3 MITOCHONDRIAL UNASSIGNED OPEN READING FRAMES OF PODOSPORA-ANSERINA REPRESENT REMNANTS OF A VIRAL-TYPE RNA-POLYMERASE GENE

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作者
HERMANNS, J [1 ]
OSIEWACZ, HD [1 ]
机构
[1] GERMAN CANC RES CTR,DEPT MOLEC BIOL AGING PROC,D-69120 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
关键词
PODOSPORA ANSERINA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA POLYMERASE; LINEAR PLASMID;
D O I
10.1007/BF00309541
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The mitochondrial DNA of Podospora anserina is complex, consisting of a characteristic set of genes with a large number of introns and a substantial amount of sequence of unknown function and origin. In addition, as indicated by various types of reorganization, this genome is highly flexible. Here we report the identification of three unassigned mitochondrial open reading frames (ORF P', ORF Q', ORF 11) as remnants of a rearranged viral-type RNA polymerase gene. These ORFs are not transcribed and may be derived from the integration of a linear plasmid of the type recently identified in a mutant of P. anserina.
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