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. 2018 Dec 3;62(5):643–723. doi: 10.1042/EBC20170053

Figure 17. The mitochondrial genome.

Figure 17

Circular and double stranded, with no introns, the mitochondrial genome comprises 37 genes which code for components of the respiratory complexes involved in oxidative phosphorylation as well as for tRNA and rRNA. Many of the components of the respiratory complexes are coded for by the nuclear DNA (image reproduced from Wikimedia Commons: Public Domain).