Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Print PDF (466K)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (50)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Commercial Re-use Guidelines
for Open Access NAR Content
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Russell, C. B.
Right arrow Articles by Hinrichsen, R. D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Russell, C. B.
Right arrow Articles by Hinrichsen, R. D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Nucleic Acids Research, 1994, Vol. 22, No. 7 1221-1225
© 1994

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Extremely short 20–33 nucleotide introns are the standard length in Paramecium tetraurelia

Chris B. Russell*, Dean Fraga and Robert D. Hinrichsen

Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1124 Columbia St, Seattle, WA 98104, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed

Received December 20, 1993. Revised March 3, 1994. Accepted March 3, 1994.

Paramecium tetraurelia has the shortest known introns as its standard intron length. Sequenced introns vary between 20 and 33 nucleotides in length. The intron sequences were discovered in genomic sequences coding for a variety of different proteins, including phosphatases, kinases, and low-molecular weight GTP-blndlng proteins. All intron sequences begin with the conserved dlnucleotide GT and end with the conserved dinucleotide AG. The sequences are more AT rich than the Paramecium coding sequences. The identified sequences were confirmed as Introns by sequencing several cDNA fragments. We report here analysis of the characteristics of 50 separate introns, including size, base composition, and a consensus sequence.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Eukaryot CellHome page
C. Schilde, K. Lutter, R. Kissmehl, and H. Plattner
Molecular Identification of a SNAP-25-Like SNARE Protein in Paramecium
Eukaryot. Cell, August 1, 2008; 7(8): 1387 - 1402.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Mol Biol EvolHome page
J. Coulombe-Huntington and J. Majewski
Intron Loss and Gain in Drosophila
Mol. Biol. Evol., December 1, 2007; 24(12): 2842 - 2850.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Cell Sci.Home page
E.-M. Ladenburger, I. Korn, N. Kasielke, T. Wassmer, and H. Plattner
An Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptor in Paramecium is associated with the osmoregulatory system
J. Cell Sci., September 1, 2006; 119(17): 3705 - 3717.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eukaryot CellHome page
R. Kissmehl, T. P. Kruger, T. Treptau, M. Froissard, and H. Plattner
Multigene Family Encoding 3',5'-Cyclic-GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases in Paramecium tetraurelia Cells
Eukaryot. Cell, January 1, 2006; 5(1): 77 - 91.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 GeneticsHome page
A. Prachumwat, L. DeVincentis, and M. F. Palopoli
Intron Size Correlates Positively With Recombination Rate in Caenorhabditis elegans
Genetics, March 1, 2004; 166(3): 1585 - 1590.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eukaryot CellHome page
J. Yano, V. Rachochy, and J. L. Van Houten
Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins in Chemosensory Signaling: Antisense Manipulation of Paramecium tetraurelia PIG-A Gene Expression
Eukaryot. Cell, December 1, 2003; 2(6): 1211 - 1219.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eukaryot CellHome page
D. Vetter, R. Kissmehl, T. Treptau, K. Hauser, J. Kellermann, and H. Plattner
Molecular Identification of a Calcium-Inhibited Catalytic Subunit of Casein Kinase Type 2 from Paramecium tetraurelia
Eukaryot. Cell, December 1, 2003; 2(6): 1220 - 1233.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eukaryot CellHome page
L. Sperling, P. Dessen, M. Zagulski, R. E. Pearlman, A. Migdalski, R. Gromadka, M. Froissard, A.-M. Keller, and J. Cohen
Random Sequencing of Paramecium Somatic DNA
Eukaryot. Cell, June 1, 2002; 1(3): 341 - 352.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USAHome page
M. Lynch
Intron evolution as a population-genetic process
PNAS, April 30, 2002; 99(9): 6118 - 6123.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Genome ResHome page
T. R. Gregory and P. D.N. Hebert
The Modulation of DNA Content: Proximate Causes and Ultimate Consequences
Genome Res., April 1, 1999; 9(4): 317 - 324.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 J. Virol.Home page
L. R. Devireddy and C. Jones
Alternative Splicing of the Latency-Related Transcript of Bovine Herpesvirus 1 Yields RNAs Containing Unique Open Reading Frames
J. Virol., September 1, 1998; 72(9): 7294 - 7301.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 GeneticsHome page
W. J. Haynes, B. Vaillant, R. R. Preston, Y. Saimi, and C. Kung
The Cloning by Complementation of the pawn-A Gene in Paramecium
Genetics, June 1, 1998; 149(2): 947 - 957.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.