Table 2

Frequency of the TTT and TAC regions in the chaetognath ribosomal protein cDNAs with complete 5'-ends

Ribosomal subunit
TTT putative binding site (5'-TAATTGAGTAGTTT-3')
TAC putative binding site (5'-TATTAAGTACTAC-3')


% of clones bearing this sequence
% of clones bearing a highly homologous sequence
% of clones bearing this sequence
% of clones bearing a highly homologous sequence

SSU RP genes
63.7
10.8
21.8
3.7
LSU RP genes
70.3
4.5
19.8
5.4

The percentage of identity between consensus sequences and highly homologous sequences is always ≥ 69%.

Barthélémy et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:146   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-146