Figure 6.

Conserved sequences in the promoter and 3′ regions of the Fugu IT and the rat OT genes. Homologous regions from the Fugu IT-VT locus and the rat OT-VP locus (7) were compared by using Martinez/Needleman–Wunsch algorithm of the lasergene software (DNAstar, Madison, WI). Only sequences that show at least seven conserved bases at a stretch are shown. The numbers in A and B refer to the position of the bases in relation to the first base of the translation initiation codon and the termination codon, respectively. ∗ denote conserved bases.