Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
The @journal of eukaryotic microbiology
41 (1994), S. 0
ISSN:
1550-7408
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
. The α- and the β-tubulin genes of the hypotrichous ciliate Euplotes octocarinatus were isolated from a size-selected macronuclear DNA library. The α-tubulin gene is located on a 1,587 bp macronuclear DNA molecule and the β-tubulin gene on a 1,524 bp macronuclear DNA molecule. Sequencing revealed that all the cysteine residues of the two genes are encoded by the common cysteine codons UGU and UGC and none by an UGA codon. This is in contrast to the genes of E. octocarinatus sequenced so far, where some of the cysteines are encoded by the opal codon UGA. The tubulin genes end like other Euplotes genes with a TAA. They do not contain introns. The last codon for an amino acid in the α-tubulin gene is a GAA which codes for glutamic acid. This is in contrast to what has been reported for most α-tubulin genes, but it supports findings for other hypotrichous ciliates. No evidence for the existence of more than one type of α- and one type of β-tubulin genes could be obtained.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1994.tb01490.x
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