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More than 100 differentBrassica nucleo-cytoplasmic combinations were analysed for the presence or absence of the 11.3 kb mitochondrial plasmid. Contrary to some previous reports, no close association exists between the presence of the plasmid and cytoplasmic male sterility. Some novel abundant RNAs which copurified withBrassica mitochondria are described.
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Kemble, R.J., Carlson, J.E., Erickson, L.R. et al. TheBrassica mitochondrial DNA plasmid and large RNAs are not exclusively associated with cytoplasmic male sterility. Molec. Gen. Genet. 205, 183–185 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02428050
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