Scenedesmus obliquus

Scenedesmus obliquus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlorococcales
Family: Scenedesmaceae
Genus: Scenedesmus
Species: S. obliquus
Binomial name
Scenedesmus obliquus
(Turpin) Kützing, 1833

Scenedesmus obliquus is a green algae species of the genus Scenedesmus notable for the genetic coding of its mitochondira which translate TCA as a stop codon and TAG as Leucine.[1] This code is repeesnted by NIMH translation table 22, Scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrial code.[2]

See also

References

  1. A. M. Nedelcu, R. W. Lee, G. Lemieux, M. W. Gray, G. Burger (June 2000). "The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Scenedesmus obliquus reflects an intermediate stage in the evolution of the green algal mitochondrial genome". Genome Research. 10 (6): 819–31. PMC 310893Freely accessible. PMID 10854413.
  2. "The Genetic Codes". Retrieved 11 August 2016.


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