title: Does the ORF in the control region of Mytilus mtDNA code for a protein product?
abstract: The control region of the mtDNA of Mytilus is known to contain sequences that determine whether the genome will be paternally or maternally transmitted. An open reading frame (ORF) in this region raised suspicion that it may code for a protein involved in this mechanism. An analysis of the mtDNA transcriptome failed to produce evidence for this hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis 15701 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kyriakou
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis 15701 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Evanthia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chatzoglou
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis 15701 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Rodakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Crete, 71409 Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Electronic address: zouros@biology.uoc.gr.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zouros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D049878:Mytilus / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Bivalvia; Doubly uniparental inheritance; Mytilus; mtDNA control region; mtRNA degradation