Characterization of Deoxyribonucleic Acid of Entamoeba histolytica by Cesium Chloride Density Centrifugation

1971 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Reeves ◽  
Terrie S. Lushbaugh ◽  
Francisco E. Montalvo
1971 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert H. Gelderman ◽  
David B. Keister ◽  
I. Louise Bartgis ◽  
Louis S. Diamond

1973 ◽  
Vol 248 (18) ◽  
pp. 6270-6277
Author(s):  
Arthur Weissbach ◽  
Su-Chen L. Hong ◽  
Jayme Aucker ◽  
Robert Muller

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 940-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie A. Davis ◽  
Michael P. S. Brown ◽  
Upinder Singh

ABSTRACT Pre-mRNA splicing is essential to ensure accurate expression of many genes in eukaryotic organisms. In Entamoeba histolytica, a deep-branching eukaryote, approximately 30% of the annotated genes are predicted to contain introns; however, the accuracy of these predictions has not been tested. In this study, we mined an expressed sequence tag (EST) library representing 7% of amoebic genes and found evidence supporting splicing of 60% of the testable intron predictions, the majority of which contain a GUUUGU 5′ splice site and a UAG 3′ splice site. Additionally, we identified several splice site misannotations, evidence for the existence of 30 novel introns in previously annotated genes, and identified novel genes through uncovering their spliced ESTs. Finally, we provided molecular evidence for the E. histolytica U2, U4, and U5 snRNAs. These data lay the foundation for further dissection of the role of RNA processing in E. histolytica gene expression.


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