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 represented by NIMH translation table 22, Scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrial code.[2]

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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 310893 Freely accessible. PMID 10854413. doi:10.1101/gr.10.6.819.
  2. ↑ "The Genetic Codes". Retrieved 11 August 2016.


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