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Table 1 Sources and general characteristics of the organismal datasets used

From: Gain and loss of polyadenylation signals during evolution of green algae

Organism

Source

No of ESTs or mRNAs

No sequences analyzed1)

nt composition2)

Chlorophyta

    

Acetabularia

Genbank

1002

28

A 36.3%

    

C 9.5%

    

G 19.6%

    

U 37.6%

Chlamydomonas

TIGR

31608

10508

A 21.2%

    

G 30,9%

    

C 24,8%

    

U 23,1%

Helicosporidium

Genbank

1229

359

A 21.1%

    

C 26,6%

    

G 29,0%

    

U 23,3%

Prototheca

Genbank

5906

292

A 20.3%

    

C 31.2%

    

G 28.5%

    

U 20.0%

Pyramimonas

this study

5034

1260

A 24.2%

    

C 21.5%

    

G 23.3%

    

U 27.0%

Scenedesmus

Genbank

6016

265

A 20.1%

    

C 23.8%

    

G 31.2%

    

U 24.9%

Scherffelia dubia

[26], and this study

1032

110

A 25.7%

    

C 26.0%

    

G 26.8%

    

U 21.5%

Ulva linza

Genbank

1888

54

A 22.3%

    

C 22.3%

    

G 28.6%

    

U 26.8%

Streptophyta

    

Closterium

Genbank

1201

136

A 3.6%

    

C 27.6%

    

G 33.3%

    

U 35.5%

Coleochaete

this study

5094

142

A 27.2%

    

C 18,9%

    

G 22,6%

    

U 31,3%

Klebsormidium

this study

4651

473

A 27.8%

    

C 20.5%

    

G 25.6%

    

U 26.1%

Mesostigma

[18]

10395

1327

A 26.9%

    

C 20.6%

    

G 23.1%

    

U 29.4%

  1. 1) No of non-redundant sequences with a poly(A)-tail analyzed, 2) within 200 nt upstream from the CS.