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Unexpected intron location in non‐vertebrate globin genes
Author(s) -
Moens Luc,
Vanfleteren Jacques,
De Baere Ivo,
Jellie Anna M.,
Tate Warren,
Trotman Clive N.A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80915-4
Subject(s) - intron , exon , globin , biology , gene , genetics , caenorhabditis elegans , homologous chromosome
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.