- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 159
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Cristina ADRADA RAFAEL, Mª Jesús PALAO MARTINEZ, Teresa AMIDO LOZANO, Victoria PASTOR DE MEER
- Creation / modification date: 27-02-2014
- Term: mitocondrial gen(es)
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Mitochondrial genes are the sum of the genetic information contained in the chromosome of the mitochondrion, a structure located in the cytoplasm outside the nucleus of the cell. The mitochondrial genome is composed of mitochondrial DNA (mDNA), a double-s
- Context: Mitochondrial genes are usually conserved in size in angiosperms. A notable exception is the rpl2 gene, which is considerably shorter in the eudicot Arabidopsis than in the monocot rice. Here, we show that a severely truncated mitochondrial rpl2 gene (ter
- Expression: Mitochondrial genes migrated to the nucleus. A functional mitochondrial gene.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A. (2009), Elementos de genética médica. Barcelona: Ed. Elsevier, 13ª Edición. (Revisión científica a cargo del Dr. Rafael Oliva Virgili).
- Definition: Real Academia Nacional de Medicina (2012). Diccionario de términos médicos. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana.
- Context: CAMPOS; PINEDA; GARCÍA, SILVIA; MONTOYA, J.; ANDREU, ANTONI L. (2008).
- Expression: MERCK, SHARP & DOHME de España (MSD). Compañía farmacéutica internacional. Manual merck de información médica para el hogar. Capítulo 2 Genética. http://www.msdsalud.es/manual-merck-hogar.aspx?u=/publicaciones/mmerck_hogar/seccion_01/seccion_01_002.html
- Notes: GENAGEN, S.L. (Valencia).Servicio integral de genética. Herencia mitocondrial. http://www.genagen.es/herencia-mitocondrial/
- Images:
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