Table 2.
Number of ESTs With poly(A) Stretches at the Ends of the Ciona Contigs and Stop Codon of the Protein-Coding Gene Located Immediately Before the poly(A) Stretch
| Contig | Genes | No. poly(A) ESTs | Stop codon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ci-1 | CO1-Nc | 16 | |
| Ci-12 | ND3 | 1 | TAA |
| ND3-E | 9 | ||
| Ci-8 | ND4-Nc | 2 | |
| ND4-Nc-F-Nc-ATP8 | 6 | TA(A) | |
| Ci-36 | CO2-Cytb | 7 | TA(A) |
| CO2-Cytb-P-ND4L* | 6 | T(AA) | |
| CO2-Cytb-P-ND4L* | 12 | TAG | |
| CO2-Cytb-P-ND4L-H-Nc | 1 | ||
| CO2-Cytb-P-ND4L-H-Nc-R | 1 | ||
| CO2-Cytb-P-ND4L-H-Nc-R-Q-Nc-CO3-Nc | 17 | ||
| Ci-10 | ND5 | 5 | T(AA) |
| Ci-11 | ND1-Nc | 4 | |
| Ci-5 | ATP6-ND2-Nc | 2 |
tRNA genes are indicated by the amino acid transported. Noncoding regions are indicated as Nc. Parentheses indicate A bases belonging to the poly(A) tail. Asterisk indicates alternative polyadenylation sites at the stop codon of ND4L gene.