PLMItRNA, a database on the heterogeneous genetic origin of mitochondrial tRNA genes and tRNAs in photosynthetic eukaryotes

Guglielmo Rainaldi; Mariateresa Volpicella; Flavio Licciulli; Sabino Liuni; Raffaele Gallerani; Luigi R Ceci

doi:10.1093/nar/gkg080

PLMItRNA, a database on the heterogeneous genetic origin of mitochondrial tRNA genes and tRNAs in photosynthetic eukaryotes

Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Jan 1;31(1):436-8. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkg080.

Authors

Guglielmo Rainaldi¹, Mariateresa Volpicella, Flavio Licciulli, Sabino Liuni, Raffaele Gallerani, Luigi R Ceci

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Università di Bari, CNR, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari Italy.

Abstract

The updated version of PLMItRNA reports information and multialignments on 609 genes and 34 tRNA molecules active in the mitochondria of Viridiplantae (27 Embryophyta and 10 Chlorophyta), and photosynthetic algae (one Cryptophyta, four Rhodophyta and two Stramenopiles). Colour-code based tables reporting the different genetic origin of identified genes allow hyper-textual link to single entries. Promoter sequences identified for tRNA genes in the mitochondrial genomes of Angiospermae are also reported. The PLMItRNA database is accessible at http://bighost.area.ba.cnr.it/PLMItRNA/.

MeSH terms

Chlorophyta / genetics
Databases, Nucleic Acid*
Eukaryota / genetics*
Eukaryotic Cells / metabolism
Evolution, Molecular*
Genes, Plant*
Genetic Variation
Magnoliopsida / genetics
Mitochondria / genetics*
Photosynthesis
Promoter Regions, Genetic
RNA, Transfer / biosynthesis
RNA, Transfer / genetics*
Sequence Alignment
Transcription, Genetic

Substances

RNA, Transfer