Reverse arrangement of rRNA subunits in the microsporidium Glugoides intestinalis.
The rRNA gene cluster of microsporidia is typically arranged in the order small subunit-internal transcribed spacer-large subunit, which conforms with the general arrangement of these genes in nearly all organisms. We found a rearrangement of the cluster in the microsporidium Glugoides intestinalis, where the large subunit precedes the small subunit. Such a rearrangement has already been reported for several species in the microsporidian genus Nosema, and we provide evidence that the arrangement reported here is a second, independent event.
Refardt
Dominik
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Zoologisches Institut der Universität Basel, Evolutionsbiologie, Vesalgasse 1, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland. dominik.refardt@gmail.com
Mouton
Laurence
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D000818:Animals; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D003621:Daphnia / Q000382:microbiology; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D016818:Nosema / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer