Mitochondrial gene content is highly variable across extant eukaryotes. The number of
mitochondrial protein genes varies from 3 to 67, while tRNA gene content varies from 0 to …

Mitochondria are the powerhouses of eukaryotic cells. They are considered as semi-
autonomous because they have retained genomes inherited from their prokaryotic ancestor …

The NB mitochondrial genome found in most fertile varieties of commercial maize (Zea mays
subsp. mays) was sequenced. The 569,630-bp genome maps as a circle containing 58 …

Flowering plants harbor the largest mitochondrial genomes reported so far. At present, the
nucleotide sequences of 15 mitochondrial genomes from seven angiosperm species are …

Land plants exhibit a significant evolutionary plasticity in their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA),
which contrasts with the more conservative evolution of their chloroplast genomes. Frequent …

We have sequenced five distinct mitochondrial genomes in maize: two fertile cytotypes (NA
and the previously reported NB) and three cytoplasmic-male-sterile cytotypes (CMS-C, CMS …

The mitochondrial genomes of most eukaryotes lack a variable number of tRNA genes. This
lack is compensated for by import of a small fraction of the corresponding cytosolic tRNAs …

Mitochondria are peculiar organelles whose proper function depends on the crosstalk
between two genomes, mitochondrial and nuclear. The human mitochondrial genome …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are an important cause of human disease for which
there is no efficient treatment. Our aim was to determine whether the A8344G mitochondrial …

During evolution, most of the bacterial genes from the ancestral endosymbiotic α-
proteobacteria at the origin of mitochondria have been either lost or transferred to the …