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. 2018 Aug 8;13(8):e0200491. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200491

Table 3. Nature and density of RNA edited sites in the organellar genomes of Leiosporoceros and other hornworts.

Plastome Mitogenome
Genome location Editing event L. dussii A. angustus L. dussii N. aenigmaticus
% % % %
Total   109 939 108 422
  C→ U 109 100 507 54.0 88 82.2 361 82,9
  U→ C 0 0 432 46.0 20 17,7 61 17,1
Protein-coding genes   102 94
  1st codon position 5 4.9 371 39.8 29 30.1 124 -
  2nd position 96 94.11 532 57.1 57 61.2 247 -
  3rd position 1 0.99 28 3.0 8 8.62 21 -
  Start codon created 1 5 2.9 2 2,1 - -
  Stop codon created 1 0 0 0 0 - -
  Stop removed 0 0 164 97.0 9 - - -
tRNA and rRNA genes   0 1 1 - -
tRNA 0 0 1 1 1 0.92 - -
rRNA 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -
Non-coding regions  7
Intron 2 1.90 3 37.5 2 1.85 - -
  UTRs 5 7.61 4 50.0 10 9.25 - -

Data from N. aenigmaticus have been submitted to Genbank and await further processing [12,16]. One edited site in the nad7 pseudogene is included. Percentages are estimated excluding this site. One site is found in the orf 669, the orf is located within the the 3rd intron of cob.