Mitochondrial genomes of two African geckos of genus Hemitheconyx (Squamata: Eublepharidae).
Mitochondrial genomes of two eyelid geckos (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus and Hemitheconyx taylori) were sequenced. Although these genomes conserve a typical vertebrate gene organization, tRNA(Gln) gene of the former appears to have been pseudogenized. A very extensive RNA editing may restore its function in the RNA level or a functional tRNA(Gln) encoded in the nuclear chromosome may be imported into mitochondria.
Department of Information and Biological Sciences and Research Center for Biological Diversity, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.
Pierre
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Jonniaux
Yasuyuki
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Hashiguchi
Yoshinori
Y
Kumazawa
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008116:Lizards / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011544:Pseudogenes / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012343:RNA, Transfer