The dominant view of the phylogeny of living elasmobranchs, based on morphological characters, is that batoids (skates and rays) are derived sharks, joined with saw sharks, and angel sharks in the clade Hypnosqualea [S. Shirai, Squalean Phylogeny: A New Framework of 'Squaloid' Sharks and Related Taxa, Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo, 1992]. By contrast, a recent molecular-phylogenetic study ...

The pseudouridylation of ribosomal RNA of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis was investigated with respect to its timing during the maturation of rRNA and its sequence specificity. Analysis of 37-S RNA, the common precursor to 17-S, 5.8-S and 26-S rRNA and most probably the primary ribosomal transcript, shows that this RNA molecule contains already most if not all of the 36-37 pseudouridine residues ...

In this study, to increase information about the relationship between caprine and ovine isolates of Pasteurella multocida, 16S rRNA gene sequencing of 9 goats (5) and sheep (4) isolates were investigated. Also, capsular type and toxAgene presentation was studied in this paper. All isolates, except one, belong to capsular type A, and toxA+ strain distributed among strains were isolated from both...

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 6 (eIF6), a monomeric protein of about 26 kDa, can bind to the 60S ribosomal subunit and prevent its association with the 40S ribosomal subunit. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, eIF6 is encoded by a single-copy essential gene. To understand the function of eIF6 in yeast cells, we constructed a conditional mutant haploid yeast strain in which a functional but...

one hundred and fifty blood samples were prepared from cattle of a region in isfahan. the extracted dna from blood cells were analyzed by a. centrale (amori strain) specific nested-pcr using primers derived from 16s rrna gene. all blood smears were negative for a. centrale like structures. the results showed that 2 of total 150 blood samples (1.33%) were a. centrale (amori strain) positive by s...

Studies on earthworms using molecular markers are rare in Africa except a handful from South Africa. Reports on Libyodrilus violaceous,an earthworm found in West Africaare available including their metal tolerance and bioaccumulation capacity but their molecular characterization and ecotoxicology studies are scarce. In this study, triplicate L. violaceous specimens were collec...

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, whose activity results in nucleolus formation, constitute an extremely important part of genome. Despite the extensive exploration into avian genomes, no complete description of avian rRNA gene primary structure has been offered so far. We publish a complete chicken rRNA gene cluster sequence here, including 5'ETS (1836 bp), 18S rRNA gene (1823 bp), ITS1 (2530 bp), 5...

Bodonid flagellates (class Kinetoplastea) are abundant, free-living protozoa in freshwater, soil and marine habitats, with undersampled global biodiversity. To investigate overall bodonid diversity, kinetoplastid-specific PCR primers were used to amplify and sequence 18S rRNA genes from DNA extracted from 16 diverse environmental samples; of 39 different kinetoplastid sequences, 35 belong to th...

Abstract Background Enterocytozoon bieneusi , a microsporidian species, is zoonotic pathogen found in both humans and animals. Here, we determined the prevalence, explored different genotypes of E. wild rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) (Hainan Island China), assessed their potential. Methods We collected 173 fecal specimens from living Nanwan Monkey Island, Hainan, China. Subsequently, identi...