TY - JOUR AU - Jacob, Joachim EM AU - Vanholme, Bartel AU - Van Leeuwen, Thomas AU - Gheysen, Godelieve PY - 2009 DA - 2009/09/24 TI - A unique genetic code change in the mitochondrial genome of the parasitic nematode Radopholus similis JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 192 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Mitochondria (mt) contain their own autonomously replicating DNA, constituted as a small circular genome encoding essential subunits of the respiratory chain. Mt DNA is characterized by a genetic code which differs from the standard one. Interestingly, the mt genome of nematodes share some peculiar features, such as small transfer RNAs, truncated ribosomal RNAs and - in the class of Chromadorean nematodes - unidirectional transcription. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-192 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-2-192 ID - Jacob2009 ER -