Table 1

Observed and predicted number of RNA editing sites

Organism

atp1

cob

cox1

cox2

cox3

Editing Site Source

Pe. hortorum

1

1

0

0

1

this study

Pe. alchemilloides

-

-

1

-

-

Pe. quercetorum

-

-

0

-

-

Pe. candicans

-

-

0

-

-

Pe. cotyledonis

-

-

0

-

-

Pe. reniforme

-

-

0

-

2

Pe. capitatum

-

-

0

-

-

E. pelargoniflorum

0

-

0

-

-

G. macrorhizum

-

-

0

-

-

Sarcocaulon

0

-

0

-

-

Hypseocharis

0

-

1

-

-

Crossosoma

-

-

22

-

-

Arabidopsis

5

7

0

15

8

GenBank: Y08501, Y08502

Brassica

5

8

1

13

7

GenBank: AP006444

Oenothera

4

14

17

15

12

GenBank: X04023, X07126, X00212

Glycine

1

-

17

13

11

Pisum

1

15

18

13

-

GenBank: X52866

Beta

3

13

0

9

4

JPM and JDP, unpublished

Oryza

5

19

4

19

1

GenBank: BA000029

Triticum

6

18

4

14

13

GenBank: X80470, X02352, X52867, X52539

Numbers in bold indicate that editing sites were identified experimentally. All other reported numbers were predicted with PREP-Mt [20] using a cutoff value of 0.5.

Parkinson et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005 5:73   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-73