Evolution of the mitochondrial genetic code IV. AAA as an asparagine codon in some animal mitochondria (original) (raw)
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Differences in assignments from those in the universal genetic code occur in codes of mitochondria. In this report, the published sequences of the mitochondrial genes for COI and ND1 in a platyhelminth (Fasciola hepatica) are examined and it is concluded that AAA may be a codon for asparagine instead of lysine, whereas AAG is the sole codon for lysine in this species.
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- Department of Biology, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, 464, Nagoya, Japan
Takeshi Ohama & Syozo Osawa - Department of Life Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, 227, Yokohama, Japan
Kimitsuna Watanabe - Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California, USA
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Ohama, T., Osawa, S., Watanabe, K. et al. Evolution of the mitochondrial genetic code IV. AAA as an asparagine codon in some animal mitochondria.J Mol Evol 30, 329–332 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02101887
- Received: 19 June 1989
- Revised: 08 October 1989
- Accepted: 08 October 1989
- Issue Date: April 1990
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02101887