Table 2

Summary of Mesostigma viride expressed genes obtained from four cDNA libraries (Meso 1 – Meso 4).

Category

No of contigs


Mitochondrial1

36

Plastidic1

65

Bacterial2

193

Novel

1691

with recognizable protein motif

574

no protein motifs

1117

Similarity

1315

with known function3

574

unknown function4

395

low similarity5

346

Total Contigs

3300


1 sequences showing only similarity to organelle genomes. 2 sequences showing only similarity to bacterial sequences or the highest similarity to bacterial sequences; the origin of these putative bacterial contaminations is currently not clear, as bacteria-free cultures of Mesostigma were used. 3similarity to proteins with a well-defined function (BLAST score >100). 4similarity to conserved proteins with no established function (BLAST score >100). 5low similarity to proteins from a few organisms (BLAST score generally between 100 and 200); might reflect conserved protein domains.

Simon et al. BMC Plant Biology 2006 6:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2229-6-2

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