Article
Escape of DNA from mitochondria to the nucleus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Nature - 26 Jul 1990
Thorsness P E, Fox T D
Abstract excerpt
The migration of genetic information from ancestral prokaryotic endosymbionts into eukaryotic nuclei is thought to have had an important role in the evolution of mitochondria and chloroplasts. Here we describe an assay for the detection of movement of DNA between mitochondria and the nucleus in yeast. Because recombinant plasmid DNA replicates after transformation into mitochondria of yeast strains lacking...
Topics
- Cell Nucleus
- DNA, Fungal
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genes, Fungal
- Genotype
- Mitochondria
- Plasmids
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Temperature
