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Transcription of the gene coding for subunit 9 of ATP synthase in rice mitochondria

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Transcription of the single-copy rice mitochondrial atp9 gene has been analyzed. We propose that there is a 0.65 kb primary transcript that is processed to an abundant 0.45 kb mRNA; a sequence motif at the 5′ terminus of the 0.65 kb transcript shares 9 out of 11 nucleotides homology to the consensus promoter proposed for maize [13]. There are several 3′ termini based on RNase protection, and these termini map within or just distal to inverted repeats that could fold into a double stem-loop structure.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 94305-5020, Stanford, CA, USA

    Edward K. Kaleikau, Charles P. André & Virginia Walbot

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Kaleikau, E.K., André, C.P. & Walbot, V. Transcription of the gene coding for subunit 9 of ATP synthase in rice mitochondria. Plant Mol Biol 22, 899–905 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027375

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