UNEXPECTED INTRON LOCATION IN NONVERTEBRATE GLOBIN GENES

被引:30
作者
MOENS, L
VANFLETEREN, J
DEBAERE, I
JELLIE, AM
TATE, W
TROTMAN, CNA
机构
[1] STATE UNIV GHENT,ANIM MORPHOL & SYSTEMAT LAB,B-9000 GENT,BELGIUM
[2] UNIV OTAGO,DEPT BIOCHEM,DUNEDIN,NEW ZEALAND
关键词
GLOBIN GENE; INTRON LOCATION; EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(92)80915-4
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The Caenorhabditis elegans and Artemia T4 globin sequences are highly homologous with other invertebrate globins.The intron/exon patterns of their genes display a single intron in the E and G helices respectively. Precoding introns in multirepeat globins are inserted in homologous positions. Comparison of the intron/exon patterns in the known globin gene sequences demonstrates that they are more diverse than first expected but nevertheless can be derived from an ancestral pattern having 3 introns and 4 exons.
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页码:105 / 109
页数:5
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