Table 1.
Genes and their location in the Leishmania major, L. infantum and L. braziliensis maxicircles.
| Coordinates (strand: Plus (+) or minus (−)) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene a | L. major | L. infantum | L. braziliensis |
| 12S rRNA | 1302-2462 (+) | 993-2156 (+) | 815-1974 (+) |
| 9S rRNA | 2498-3107 (+) | 2181-2790 (+) | 2005-2615 (+) |
| ND8 | 3200-3450 (+) | 2885-3198 (+) | 2688-2878 (+) |
| ND9 | 3511-3802 (−) | 3185-3524 (−) | 3086-3313 (−) |
| MURF5 | 3777-4082 (−) | 3496-3792 (−) | 3333-3632 (−) |
| ND7 | 4095-5271 (+) | 3806-4979 (+) | 3650-4802 (+) |
| CO3 | 5275-6155 (+) | 4999-5879 (+) | 4884-5719 (+) |
| CYb | 6166-7270 (+) | 5889-6998 (+) | 5743-6830 (+) |
| ATPase 6 | 7336-7934 (+) | 7061-7660 (+) | 6878-7467 (+) |
| ND2 | 7939-9272 (−) | 7665-8996 (−) | 7482-8807 (−) |
| G3 | 9232-9397 (+) | 8958-9120 (+) | 8775-8941 (+) |
| ND1 | 9361-10302 (−) | 9085-10026 (−) | 8930-9855 (−) |
| CO2 | 10311-10939 (+) | 10029-10657 (+) | 9862-10490 (+) |
| MURF2 | 10931-12009 (+) | 10649-11728 (+) | 10482-11573 (+) |
| CO1 | 12000-13649 (−) | 11719-13368 (−) | 11564-13196 (−) |
| G4 | 13698-13861 (−) | 13372-13493 (−) | 13292-13459 (−) |
| ND4 | 13987-15299 (+) | 13705-15017 (+) | 13512-14823 (+) |
| G5 (ND3) | 15282-15524 (−) | 15000-15218 (−) | 14806-15004 (−) |
| RPS12 | 15474-15670 (+) | 15258-15425 (+) | 15036-15191 (+) |
| ND5 | 15751-17522 (+) | 15493-17265 (+) | 15253-17024 (+) |
a The names for individual genes are those used for L. tarentolae mitochondrial genes [5].