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David R. Wolstenholme

David R. Wolstenholme

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D-Index
47
Citations
10934
World Ranking
4105
National Ranking
1773

Overview

David R. Wolstenholme is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their academic and research activities are connected to this institution.

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There is no information on book publications or awards associated with David R. Wolstenholme.

Details about the main fields of study, subfields, or primary topics of research work are not available. Consequently, specific thematic areas or scientific disciplines cannot be outlined at this time.

Best Publications

  • Animal mitochondrial DNA: structure and evolution.

    David R. Wolstenholme

  • The mitochondrial DNA molecular of Drosophila yakuba: nucleotide sequence, gene organization, and genetic code.

    Douglas O. Clary;David R. Wolstenholme

  • The mitochondrial genomes of two nematodes, Caenorhabditis elegans and Ascaris suum

    R Okimoto;J L Macfarlane;D O Clary;D R Wolstenholme

  • Platyhelminth mitochondrial DNA: evidence for early evolutionary origin of a tRNA(serAGN) that contains a dihydrouridine arm replacement loop, and of serine-specifying AGA and AGG codons.

    James R. Garey;David R. Wolstenholme

  • Bizarre tRNAs inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial genomes of nematode worms.

    David R. Wolstenholme;Jane L. Macfarlane;Ronald Okimoto;Douglas O. Clary

  • Drosophila mitochondrial DNA: conserved sequences in the A + T-rich region and supporting evidence for a secondary structure model of the small ribosomal RNA.

    Douglas O. Clary;David R. Wolstenholme

  • Mitochondrial DNA of the coral Sarcophyton glaucum contains a gene for a homologue of bacterial MutS: a possible case of gene transfer from the nucleus to the mitochondrion.

    Geneviàve Pont-Kingdon;Norichika A. Okada;Jane L. Macfarlane;C. Timothy Beagley

  • A coral mitochondrial mutS gene

    G A Pont-Kingdon;N A Okada;J L Macfarlane;C T Beagley

  • The ribosomal RNA genes of Drosophila mitochondrial DNA

    Douglas O. Clary;David R. Wolstenholme

  • The Mitochondrial Genome of the Sea Anemone Metridium senile (Cnidaria): Introns, a Paucity of tRNA Genes, and a Near-Standard Genetic Code

    C T Beagley;R Okimoto;D R Wolstenholme

  • SEQUENCE EVOLUTION OF DROSOPHILA MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

    David R. Wolstenholme;Douglas O. Clary

  • Genetic novelties in mitochondrial genomes of multicellular animals.

    David R. Wolstenholme

  • Drosophila mitochondrial DNA: a novel gene order

    Douglas O. Clary;Judy M. Goddard;Susan C. Martin;Christiane M.-R. Fauron

  • A set of tRNAs that lack either the T psi C arm or the dihydrouridine arm: towards a minimal tRNA adaptor.

    R. Okimoto;D. R. Wolstenholme

  • Repeated sequence sets in mitochondrial DNA molecules of root knot nematodes (Meloidogyne) : nucleotide sequences, genome location and potential for host-race identification

    Ronald Okimoto;Helen M. Chamberlin;Jane L. Macfarlane;David R. Wolstenholme

  • Ribosomal protein S14 genes in broad bean mitochondrial DNA.

    Jill A. Wahleithner;David R. Wolstenholme

  • Circular Chloroplast DNA from Euglena gracilis

    Jerry E. Manning;David R. Wolstenholme;Robert S. Ryan;Janice A. Hunter

  • A sequence encoding a maturase-related protein in a group II intron of a plant mitochondrial nad1 gene.

    Jill A. Wahleithner;Jane L. Macfarlane;David R. Wolstenholme

  • Origin and direction of replication in mitochondrial DNA molecules from Drosophila melanogaster

    Judy M. Goddard;David R. Wolstenholme

  • Extensive diversity among Drosophila species with respect to nucleotide sequences within the adenine + thymine-rich region of mitochondrial DNA molecules

    Christianne M.-R. Fauron;David R. Wolstenholme

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Solignac
Michel Solignac Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Julia Bailey-Serres
Julia Bailey-Serres University of California, Riverside
Baldomero M. Olivera
Baldomero M. Olivera University of Utah
Igor B. Dawid
Igor B. Dawid National Institutes of Health

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