title: Complete base sequence for the mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (L.).
abstract: A 1355 bp sequence (accession number L32141) isolated from a gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) cDNA library showed 68-74% sequence identity to mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA (mt IrRNA) sequences of Locusta migratoria, Apis mellifera, Aedes albopictus, Anopheles gambiae and two Drosophila species. A comparison of the primary sequences of the mt IrRNAs from the above insects in four orders and from Esherichia coli demonstrated regions of conservation which presumably correspond to regions of functional and/or structural homology. A secondary structure for the gypsy moth mt IrRNA sequence was derived based on the proposed secondary structures of Drosophila yakuba and Aedes albopictus mt IrRNAs (Gutell & Fox, Nucleic Acid Res 16 (Suppl.), r175-r269, 1988). This sequence was found to hybridize to about 10-15% of the clones in several (eleven) gypsy moth cDNA libraries.
authors.affiliation: Insect Neurobiology and Hormone Laboratory, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Masler
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Thyagaraja
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rote
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Imberski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017344:Genes, Insect / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000235:genetics*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal