Table 1

Indels in the 12 subunits of RNA polymerase


Total number of indels
Number of specific indels
Percentage of specific indels

Aeropyrum pernix
38
4
10.53
Pyrobaculum aerophilum
33
5
15.15
Sulfolobus solfataricus
28
1
3.57
Sulfolobus tokodaii
30
3
10
Archaeoglobus fulgidus
17
2
11.76
Halobacterium sp.
23
2
13.04
Haloarcula marismortui
24
3
12.50
Methanocaldococcus jannaschii
24
7
29.17
Methanococcus maripaludis
22
6
27.27
Methanopyrus kandleri
57
27
47.37
Methanosarcinales
10
2
20
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
17
2
11.76
Thermococcales
19
2
10.53
Thermoplasmatales
36
8
22.22

For each species, regions containing insertions/deletions (indels) have been counted for the 12 RNA polymerase subunits (A', A", B, D, E', E", F, H, K, L, N, P), TFS, NusA and NusG. We use 'indel region' terms because if two species exhibit indels in the same region, even if they are different sizes, we count this region as a shared indel region. For each species, the number and percentage of specific regions containing indels (that is, the indel region is exclusive to that species and is not shared by any other species) are indicated. As they share exactly the same indels, the three Pyrococcus species, the three Methanosarcina species and the two Thermoplasma species plus Ferroplasma are grouped in Thermococcales, Methanosarcinales and Thermoplasmatales respectively. Consequently, the specific indels are those specific to the group.

Brochier et al. Genome Biology 2004 5:R17  

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