title: A tRNA(Ser)(UCN) gene in Artemia salina mitochondrial DNA: a case of mistaken identity.
abstract: We have sequenced a segment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of a crustacean, the brine shrimp, Artemia salina, that includes 3' end-proximal regions of the genes for subunit 1 of the NADH dehydrogenase complex (ND1) and cytochrome b (Cyt b). From our data we conclude that in this mtDNA, as in the mtDNAs of Drosophila species, a tRNA(Ser)(UCN) gene separates the ND1 and Cyt b genes. This is contrary to an earlier report that the A. salina ND1 and Cyt b genes are immediately adjacent to each other.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okimoto
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Wolstenholme
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001156:Artemia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012362:RNA, Transfer, Ser / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012362:RNA, Transfer, Ser; D004247:DNA; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase