Mitochondrial DNA organisation of the mtDNA type 2b of Aspergillus tubingensis compared to the Aspergillus niger mtDNA type 1a

Akos Juhász; Miklós Láday; Attila Gácser; Judit Kucsera; Ilona Pfeiffer; Ferenc Kevei; Zsuzsanna Hamari

doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2004.10.025

Mitochondrial DNA organisation of the mtDNA type 2b of Aspergillus tubingensis compared to the Aspergillus niger mtDNA type 1a

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2004 Dec 1;241(1):119-26. doi: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.10.025.

Authors

Akos Juhász¹, Miklós Láday, Attila Gácser, Judit Kucsera, Ilona Pfeiffer, Ferenc Kevei, Zsuzsanna Hamari

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

PMID: 15600010
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.10.025

Abstract

A physical and functional map of Aspergillus tubingensis mtDNA type 2b was constructed and compared to Aspergillus niger typeI a mtDNA. The gene content and order, as well as the patterns of restriction sites, were similar. Two unidentified ORFs and several repeat elements were found in the region between the ndhl and ndh4 genes on both mtDNAs. The sizes of the A. niger and A. tubingensis mtDNAs were 31.23 and 33.06 kb. respectively, the difference was principally attributed to the altered intron content of their coxl genes.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aspergillus / genetics*
Aspergillus niger / genetics*
Base Sequence
DNA, Fungal / chemistry*
DNA, Mitochondrial / chemistry*
Introns
Molecular Sequence Data
Open Reading Frames
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

Substances

DNA, Fungal
DNA, Mitochondrial