@article{3087296,
    title = "No sex-specific protein-binding site in the VD1 of the F mitochondrial genome of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis",
    author = "Kyriakou, E. and Kravariti, L. and Zouros, E. and Rodakis, G.C.",
    journal = "Gene Reports",
    year = "2016",
    volume = "5",
    pages = "148-150",
    publisher = "W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC",
    issn = "2452-0144",
    doi = "10.1016/j.genrep.2016.10.003",
    keywords = "mitochondrial DNA;  protein, Article;  binding site;  female;  gel mobility shift assay;  gonad;  male;  mitochondrial genome;  Mytilus galloprovincialis;  nonhuman;  priority journal;  protein binding;  protein domain;  sex difference",
    abstract = "Species of Mytilus carry two mitochondrial genomes, one transmitted through the egg (F) and the other through the sperm (M). In a previous paper we showed that a specific part of the M genome binds with proteins originating from male gonadal extracts and proposed that this binding protects M carrying mitochondria from a destruction mechanism that occurs in the male gonad. Here we show that a similar binding with the homologous part of the F genome is less specific and unstable, and apparently offers no protection of F carrying mitochondria. © 2016 Elsevier Inc."
}