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The origin and early evolution of mitochondria.

Genome biology ·Vol. 2 ·No. 6 ·2001-00-00 ·Pages REVIEWS1018

Gray MW, Burger G, Lang BF

Abstract

Complete sequences of numerous mitochondrial, many prokaryotic, and several nuclear genomes are now available. These data confirm that the mitochondrial genome originated from a eubacterial (specifically alpha-proteobacterial) ancestor but raise questions about the evolutionary antecedents of the mitochondrial proteome.

MeSH Terms
Alphaproteobacteria/genetics Cell Nucleus/genetics DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics Evolution, Molecular Genome Genome, Bacterial Mitochondria/genetics Rickettsia prowazekii/genetics Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
Chemicals
DNA, Mitochondrial
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Gray M W
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H7, Canada. [email protected]
Burger G
Lang B F
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Article Info
Journal
Genome biology
Abbr.
Genome Biol
ISSN
1474-760X
DOI
10.1186/gb-2001-2-6-reviews1018
Email
[email protected]
Published
2001-00-00
Epub
2001-00-05
Pages
REVIEWS1018
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
100960660
PMCID
PMC138944
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-6-reviews1018 PMC Full Text View journal details
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