S. Ijaz
Published: March 01, 2011
Genet. Mol. Res. 10(1): 391-392
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4238/vol10-1gmr1092

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S. Ijaz (2011). Mitochondrial plasmid: could this be the next hit for genetic engineering?. Genet. Mol. Res. 10(1): 391-392. https://doi.org/10.4238/vol10-1gmr1092

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S. Ijaz
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In different biological systems autonomously replicated DNA molecules have been found with both terminal inverted repeats of variable length and protein covalently attached at the 5’ ends (Turpen et al., 1987). These were formerly discovered in bacteria, but later similar molecules were found in eukaryotes. Another level of organization in plasmid-like DNA sporadically occurs in plant mitochondria and has been observed in a wide range of angiosperm (Esser et al., 1986). But in the chloroplasts of higher plants, there is no record of any plasmidlike DNA (Meinhardt et al., 1990). Read More . . .