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The 5,969 by (base pair) DNA sequence of the apocytochrome b mitochondrial (mt) gene of race A Podospora anserina was located in a 8.5 Kbp region. This gene contained a 2,499 by subgroup IB and a 1,306 by subgroup ID intron as well as a 990 bp subgroup IB intron which is present in race A but not race s. The large subgroup IB intron and the race A specific IB intron both contained potential alternate splice sites which brought their open reading frames into phase with their upstream exon sequences. All three introns were compared with regard to their secondary structures and open reading frames to the other 30 group I introns in Podospora anserina, as well as to other fungal introns. We detected a new family of intronic ORFs comprising seven P. anserina introns, several N. crassa introns, as well as the T4td bacteriophage intron. Sequence similarities to intron-encoded endonucleases were noteworthy. The DNA sequences reported here and in the accompanying paper complete the analysis of race s and race A mitochondrial DNA.
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Cummings, D.J., Michel, F. & McNally, K.L. DNA sequence analysis of the apocytochrome b gene of Podospora anserina: a new family of intronic open reading frame. Curr Genet 16, 407–418 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00340720
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