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EcoRI fragments of the 94 kilobase mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from young, wild type Podospora anserina were cloned into the EcoRI site of the E. coli plasmid vector pBR325. A complete EcoRI clone bank was developed, containing all 16 of the EcoRI fragments from the native mtDNA. Restriction endonuclease maps for the enzymes SalI, XhoI, BamHI, EcoRI, BglII, and HaeIII were constructed from the analysis of single, double, and triple restriction digests of cloned and native mtDNA. In constructing the maps data were refined by extensive Southern analysis of the native genome hybridized to cloned DNA probes. Restriction maps were analyzed and permitted us to locate the origin of mtDNA derived from senescent cultures.
Both the large and small rRNA genes were then localized on these restriction maps using Southern and Northern blot analysis. We have shown the large rRNA locus to lie within a 10.8 kb region of EcoRI fragments E5 and E7, and the small rRNA locus to lie on a 5 kb subfragment of EcoRI fragment E1. The limit of separation between these two loci was determined to be between 6 and 9 kb.
Surprisingly, when electrophoresed in agarose-CH3HgOH gels, the large rRNA was found to be 3.8 kb long, 500 bases longer than that from the very closely related Neurospora crassa, making it the largest rRNA yet described.
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Wright, R.M., Laping, J.L., Horrum, M.A. et al. Mitochondrial DNA from Podospora anserina . Molec Gen Genet 185, 56–64 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333790
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