Sequence data for two large-subunit rRNA genes from an Asian strain of Alexandrium catenella.
PCR generated two distinct products from a toxic isolate of Alexandrium catenella, which had been taken from Dai Ya Bay (southern China), by using primers for large-subunit rRNA. This pattern is distinct from published data for North American Alexandrium species. Sequences of the two products suggest that the smaller was generated by a deletion event. Single-cell PCR generated the same pattern, confirming that the two products were not the results from different individuals.
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D004141:Dinoflagellida / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*
D017931:DNA Primers; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal