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Length of mitochondrial replication D loop

Range	500 to 600 bases
Organism	Mammals
Reference	Benjamin Lewin, Genes VIII 2004, p.361 6th paragraph
Comments	Mitochondria use different origin sequences to initiate replication of each DNA strand. A single D loop is found as an opening of 500-600 bases in mammalian mitochondria.
Entered by	Uri M
ID	106931