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Evolution of the mitochondrial genetic code IV. AAA as an asparagine codon in some animal mitochondria |
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| Authors: | Takeshi Ohama Syozo Osawa Kimitsuna Watanabe Thomas H. Jukes |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biology, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, 464 Nagoya, Japan;(2) Department of Life Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, 227 Yokohama, Japan;(3) Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 94720 Berkeley, California, USA |
| Abstract: | Summary Differences in assignments from those in the universal genetic code occur in codes of mitochondria. In this report, the published sequences of the mitochondrial genes for COI and ND1 in a platyhelminth (Fasciola hepatica) are examined and it is concluded that AAA may be a codon for asparagine instead of lysine, whereas AAG is the sole codon for lysine in this species. |
| Keywords: | Genetic code Mitochondria Echinoderms Platyhelminth Fasciola |
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