de Bruijn M H
Nature. 1983;304(5923):234-41. doi: 10.1038/304234a0.
The sequence of a 4,869 base-pair fragment of Drosophila melanogaster mitochondrial DNA is presented. It contains genes for cytochrome oxidase subunits I, II and III, ATPase subunit 6 and six tRNAs together with two unassigned reading frames. The gene organization differs from that of mammalian mitochondrial DNAs. Evidence is provided for a genetic code in which AGA codes for serine and the quadruplet ATAA is used in initiation of translation.
本文给出了黑腹果蝇线粒体DNA一个4869个碱基对片段的序列。它包含细胞色素氧化酶亚基I、II和III、ATP酶亚基6以及六个tRNA的基因,还有两个未确定的阅读框。该基因组织不同于哺乳动物的线粒体DNA。文中提供了遗传密码的证据,其中AGA编码丝氨酸,四联体ATAA用于翻译起始。