title: RNA editing in the cytochrome b locus of the higher plant Oenothera berteriana includes a U-to-C transition.
abstract: RNA editing in the cytochrome b locus of Oenothera berteriana mitochondria modified a number of cytidine nucleotides to uridines, mostly altering codon identities. One nucleotide alteration involved a reverse modification changing a genomic thymidine to a cytidine in the cDNA sequence. The enzymatic editing activity in higher-plant mitochondria thus appears to be able to catalyze the interconversion of pyrimidines in both directions at specific nucleotides in the mRNA template.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genbiologische Forschung, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hiesel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wissinger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brennicke
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004247:DNA