title: Co-linear organization of Xenopus laevis and mouse mitochondrial genomes.
abstract: Cloned fragments of Xenopus laevis mitochondrial DNA and Pleurodeles waltlii mitochondrial cDNAs have been hybridized together and with mouse mtDNA. In the three cases cross-hybridization was observed. The overall organization of the X. laevis fragments appeared to be co-linear with the mouse mtDNA, most sequences being conserved except for the D-loop and the URF6 regions. The use of mouse mtDNA has enabled us to identified several mitochondrial genes in X. laevis and P. waltlii.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D051379:Mice; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009865:Oocytes / Q000032:analysis; D010957:Plasmids; D013045:Species Specificity; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes