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SUBMITTER: Fukuhara H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC359551 | biostudies-other | 1993 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Fukuhara H H Sor F F Drissi R R Dinouël N N Miyakawa I I Rousset S S Viola A M AM
Molecular and cellular biology 19930401 4
In most yeast species, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been reported to be a circular molecule. However, two cases of linear mtDNA with specific termini have previously been described. We examined the frequency of occurrence of linear forms of mtDNA among yeasts by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Among the 58 species from the genera Pichia and Williopsis that we examined, linear mtDNA was found with unexpectedly high frequency. Thirteen species contained a linear mtDNA, as confirmed by restr ...[more]