Mitochondrial DNA of Endomyces (Dipodascus) magnusii
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1Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ivanka pri Dunaji.
Current Genetics
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
Mitochondrial DNA was isolated from a yeast-like microorganism, Endomyces (Dipodascus) magnusii. The mtDNA consisted of circular molecules 40.4 kb long. A restriction map was constructed using the cleavage data of seven endonucleases. The arrangement of several genes within the mitochondrial genome of E. magnusii was established by specific hybridization with probes prepared from the mtDNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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