title: Primary structure of the histone 2B gene in the white root rot fungus, Rosellinia necatrix.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the histone 2B (H2B) gene in the white root rot fungus, Rosellinia necatrix, was determined. The gene has two introns in the coding region at positions conserved in the Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans H2B genes, but the third intron present in the H2B gene from N. crassa and A. nidulans is absent in the R. necatrix H2B gene. The amino acid sequence of the coding region of the R. necatrix gene resembled that of N. crassa and A. nidulans. Therefore, the third intron in the H2B gene of N. crassa and A. nidulans may have been inserted into the present position after species diversification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioresource Development, Hiroshima Prefectural University, Nanatsuka-cho 562, Shobara-shi, Hiroshima 727-0023, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aimi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morinaga
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D006657:Histones