Last modified on 06 September 2010.

Literature Reference:

Milbury C.A., Lee J.C., Cannone J.J., Gaffney P.M., and Gutell R.R. (2010)
Fragmentation of the Large Subunit Ribosomal RNA Gene in Oyster Mitochondrial Genomes.
BMC Genomics, 11(1):485.

Manuscript Figures and Tables:

Tables are presented in a single HTML document; figures appear in both PNG (Portable Network Graphics) and PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) formats.
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Tables 1-3.
  • Table 1. Primers used to amplify specific regions of the LSU rRNA gene from oyster (Crassostrea virginica) genomic DNA and cDNA template.
  • Table 2. Summary of large subunit molecular characteristics for Crassostrea virginica, C. gigas, and C. hongkongensis.
  • Table 3. Percent sequence similarity between Crassostrea virginica, C. gigas, and C. hongkongensis.
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Figure 1. Amplification of mtDNA and cDNA LSU rRNA gene regions in Crassostrea virginica. ( PNG | PDF )
Figure 2. Comparative secondary structure model of the LSU rRNA gene of Crassostrea virginica. ( PNG | PDF )
Figure 3. Comparative secondary structure model of the LSU rRNA gene of Crassostrea gigas. ( PNG | PDF )
Figure 4. Comparative secondary structure model of the LSU rRNA gene of Crassostrea hongkongensis. ( PNG | PDF )
Figure 5. Escherichia coli 23S rRNA. ( PNG | PDF )
Figure 6. Front and back views of the Haloarcula marismortui high-resolution crystal structure. ( PNG | PDF )
Figure 7. Comparative secondary structure model of the LSU rRNA gene of the Placozoan species (BZ10101). ( PNG | PDF )

Additional Information:

Secondary Structure Model Diagrams:

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SSU rRNA Structure Model Diagrams Crassostrea gigas PS | PDF
Crassostrea hongkongensis PS | PDF
Crassostrea virginica PS | PDF
LSU rRNA Structure Model Diagrams Crassostrea gigas 5': PS | PDF
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Crassostrea hongkongensis 5': PS | PDF
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Crassostrea virginica 5': PS | PDF
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Placozoan sp. BZ10101 5': PS | PDF
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Placozoan sp. BZ49 5': PS | PDF
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Placozoan sp. BZ2423 5': PS | PDF
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Trichoplax adhaerens 5': PS | PDF
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Oysters Milbury C.A. and Gaffney P.M. (2005).
Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica.
Marine Biotechology, 7(6):697-712. 		[ PM | pmc | DOI ]
Ren J., Liu X., Zhang G., Liu B., and Guo X. (2009).
"Tandem duplication-random loss" is not a real feature of oyster mitochondrial genomes: comment.
BioMed Central Genomics, 10:84. 		[ PM | PMC | DOI ]
Yu Z., Wei Z., Kong X., and Shi W. (2008).
Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of oyster Crassostrea hongkongensis - a case of "Tandem duplication-random loss" for genome rearrangement in Crassostrea?
BioMed Central Genomics, 9:477. 		[ PM | PMC | DOI ]
Placozoa Dellaporta S.L., Xu A., Sagasser S., Jakob W., Moreno M.A., Buss L.W., and Schierwater B. (2006).
Mitochondrial genome of Trichoplax adhaerens supports Placozoa as the basal lower metazoan phylum.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 103(23):8751-8756. 		[ PM | PMC | DOI ]
Signorovitch A.Y., Buss L.W., and Dellaporta S.L. (2007).
Comparative genomics of large mitochondria in Placozoans.
PLoS Genetics, 3(1):e13. 		[ PM | PMC | DOI ]