Equal amounts (20 μg) of total cellular RNA from various mutant and control strains were electrophoresed through a 1.8% agarose-formaldehyde gel and transferred onto a positively charged membrane. The blot was hybridized with a DIG-labeled CYTB RNA probe. After stripping the blot, it was hybridized with DIG-labeled COX1, 15 S RNA, and 21 S rRNA probes, respectively. Subsequently, after restripping of the blot, it was hybridized with a DIG-labeled nuclear 25 S RNA probe as an internal control.