Table 1.
PCR fragment length, type, and size of the inteins VMA and ThrRS in Candida species from the psilosis complex
| Candida species | Size of intein (bp) |
Type of intein |
PCR fragment length (bp)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMA | ThrRS | VMA | ThrRS | VMA | ThrRS | |
| C. parapsilosis | Absent | 549 | Absent | Mini | 319 | 988 |
| C. metapsilosis | 1,362 | 516 | Full-length | Mini | 1,681 | 955 |
| C. orthopsilosis A (mini-intein) | 1,590 | 540 | Full-length | Full-length | 1,909 | 979 |
| C. orthopsilosis B (full-intein) | 1,590 | 1,317 | Full-length | Mini | 1,909 | 1,756 |
a
The PCR products include the intein plus the 5′and 3′ portions of the host gene (extein), except for the CpaVMA, whose amplicon consists only of the extein portion.