Table 1.

Identification of conserved DNA signals shared by different microsporidian species potentially implicated in ribosomal protein gene expression.

Product name	E. cuniculi	A. locustae	E. bieneusi	A. algerae	N. ceranae
60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L11	AAAAAAAATTTGATCCCCAAC*	AAAAATTTACCCTCCC	AAAATTTTTATGGTTGTTTAA	AAAATTTTTAACCCCACA	AAATATTTTTTTTTATTTTTTACCCTCTAAA
60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L7A	AAAAATTTTACCCTCAA	NS	AAAAATTTACCCTAAAT	AAAAAAATTTACCC	AAATTTATTTTTCTACCCCCAAAA
40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S17	AAAATTTTTCACCCCAAGA	AAAAATTTTTAGCCCTCT	AAAATTTTAAATCCTTACTTT	AAAAATTTTGTACCCTCAT	AACTATTTTTACCCTTCAAA
60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L9	AAAAAAATTGTTAAATACCAGAAGGACTTACCCCTT*	AAAAAATTTGACCCCCG	AAATTTTTACCCT	AAAATTTTTTATCCCTT	AATATTTTTTTATCCCCTAA
60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L24	AAATTTTGGATGTGCTAAGGGTAAA	NS	NS	NS	ATAATTTTTTATACCCGTTAAA
40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S8	AAAAAAATTTGCCCTGAA	AAAAATTTTTACCCC	NS	AAAATTTTTTAAAAATGACCC	AATTTTTTTTACCCCACAA
60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L35A	AAAATTTTTGATCCCTCGTT	NS	NS	NS	AATTTTTTTTATCCCCTAAA

This table represents DNA sequences upstream the ATG codon for 7 ribosomal protein genes. isolated on the E. cuniculi chromosome 2 and their orthologs in A. locustae, E. bieneusi, A. algerae, and N. ceranae. DNA signals are highlighted as bold characters for AAATTT-like sequence and underlined characters for CCC- and GGG-like sequences. (NS indicates a Not already Sequenced gene and the star character stands for mispredicted start codon).