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. 1991 Mar;8(2):212-26.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040639.

Isolation and molecular evolutionary analysis of a cytochrome c gene from Oryza sativa (rice)

E C Kemmerer  1 , M Lei, R Wu
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Isolation and molecular evolutionary analysis of a cytochrome c gene from Oryza sativa (rice)

E C Kemmerer et al. Mol Biol Evol. 1991 Mar.

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  • Mol Biol Evol 1991 Sep;8(5):742

Abstract

A cytochrome c gene, OsCc-1, from rice (Oryza sativa) has been isolated and analyzed. The OsCc-1 gene encodes a cytochrome c protein that is typical of higher-plant cytochrome c proteins. OsCc-1 consists of three exons separated by two introns that are 817 and 747 bp in length, respectively. From genomic DNA hybridization analysis, OsCc-1 appears to be one of possibly two cytochrome c genes in several Asian, American, and Indian rice species and varieties surveyed. A single, unique cytochrome c gene appears to be present in one African cultivated rice species. We performed comparative molecular evolutionary analyses of OsCc-1 and other cytochrome c genes. We calculated a unit evolutionary period of 19.4 Myr for cytochrome c DNA sequences, which agrees closely with previous estimates based on protein sequence comparisons.

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