Physical map and gene organization of the mitochondrial genome from the unicellular green algaPlatymonas (Tetraselmis) subcordiformis (Prasinophyceae)
✍ Scribed by Ulrike Kessler; Klaus Zetsche
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 437 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4412
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✦ Synopsis
The entire mitochondrial genome (mt genome) of the unicellular green alga Platymonas subcordiformis (synonym Tetraselmis subcordiformis; Prasinophyceae) was cloned and a physical map for the four restriction enzymes Hind III, Eco RI, Bgl II and Xba I was constructed. The mt genome ofP. subcordiformis is a 42.8 kb circular molecule, coding for at least 23 genes. Hybridization and sequence analysis revealed the presence of a ca. 1.5 kb inverted repeat on the mt genome ofP. subcordiformis. Phylogenetic analyses based on sequences of several coxI genes were carried out. Our data indicate that mitochondria from P. subcordiformis and from land plants form a natural, monophyletic group.