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Mitochondrial Genetic Code

The Mitochondrial Genetic Code is a specialized genetic code that differs from the standard nuclear genetic code by specific nucleotide assignments in mitochondrial DNA, enabling the translation of mitochondrial mRNAs into proteins within the organelle.

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Mitochondrial Code

Parents

Publications

311

The mitochondrial DNA molecule ofDrosophila yakuba: Nucleotide sequence, gene organization, and genetic code

Douglas O. Clary, David R. Wolstenholme · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1985 · 1.5K citations

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The mitochondrial genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera: complete sequence and genome organization.

Ross H. Crozier, Y. C. Crozier · Genetics · 1993 · 885 citations · Full text

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The complete nucleotide sequence of the Xenopus laevis mitochondrial genome.

B.A. Roe, Rebecca K. Wilson, Jong Fu Wong · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1985 · 742 citations · Full text

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The deoxyguanosine kinase gene is mutated in individuals with depleted hepatocerebral mitochondrial DNA

Hanna Mandel, Raymonde Szargel, Valentina Labay et al. · Nature Genetics · 2001 · 585 citations

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A different genetic code in human mitochondria

B. G. Barrell, Alan T. Bankier, Jacques Drouin · Nature · 1979 · 576 citations

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  1. TH
    Thomas H. Jukes

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    10 publications · 634 citations

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  2. TO
    Takeshi Ohama

    Nagoya University, Japan

    9 publications · 371 citations

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  3. KW
    Kimitsuna Watanabe

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    8 publications · 408 citations

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  4. QY
    Qun Yang

    Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, China

    7 publications · 152 citations

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  5. SW
    Shu‐Jun Wei

    Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, China

    6 publications · 108 citations

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Institutions

439

  1. Anhui Normal University

    Wuhu, China

    11 h-index

    40 publications

    828 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    716 citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    8 h-index

    30 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Nagoya University

    Nagoya, Japan

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    3.8K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Institute of Zoology

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    782 citations

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  1. Journal of Molecular Evolution

    27 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. Nucleic Acids Research

    13 publications · 581 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 13 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Mitochondrial DNA Part A

    18 publications · 322 citations

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  5. Mitochondrial DNA

    12 publications · 249 citations

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