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Table 1 Estimation of gene copy number of the Sinbad LTR retrotransposon in the genome of Schistosoma mansoni.

From: The Sinbad retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni, and the distribution of related Pao-like elements

Gene

GenBank Accession

Length (bp)

Number of hits (Expect 0.000001)

Reported copy number

Key references

Cathepsin D, Intron 4

AY309267 (nt 3213–4849)

3926

0

1

66

Sinbad

AY506538

6288

38

~50

This study

28S rRNA

Z46503

1694

157

100

67

Boudicca

AY662653

5858

100

1,000–10,000

20

SR2

AF025672

3913

102

1,000–10,000

62

SR1

U66331

2337

104

200–2,000

61

Saci-2

BK004069

4946

107

85–850*

37

Saci-1

BK004068

5980

133

70–700*

37

  1. *estimated solely by the gene index bioinformatics approach of DeMarco et al. [37], whereas the other copy numbers listed here were determined by hybridization and/or other analyses.