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. 1979 Jul 25;6(10):3255–3266. doi: 10.1093/nar/6.10.3255

Nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial structural genes for cysteine-tRNA and histidine-tRNA of yeast.

J L Bos, K A Osinga, G Van der Horst, P Borst
PMCID: PMC327932  PMID: 384365

Abstract

We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a segment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mtDNA that contains the structural genes for a cysteine-tRNA and a histidine-tRNA. The genes are approximately 85 bp apart, they do not contain intervening sequences or sequences coding for the 3'-CCA terminus and they are surrounded by nearly pure AT segments. The tRNAs deduced are very AT-rich, 74 and 75 nucleotides long, respectively, and contain one or more unusual features not found in tRNAs from other sources.

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