Mitochondrial DNA as a genomic jigsaw puzzle.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
In mitochondria of the unicellular eukaryote Diplonema, genes are systematically fragmented into small pieces that are encoded on separate chromosomes, transcribed individually, and then concatenated into contiguous messenger RNA molecules.
Medical subject headings
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- DNA, Protozoan
- Eukaryota
- Genome, Protozoan
- Mitochondria