Figure 4 of Otteson, Mol Vis 2005; 11:986-995.


Figure 4. Alignment of DNA sequences of zebrafish crx showing regions of sequence variability

Alignment of crx sequence data from mok and nie wild-type sibs with published zebrafish genomic and cDNA sequences reveals areas of sequence variability associated with repetitive sequence elements in both non-coding and intronic regions. A: The GA repeat in the 5' untranslated region of exon 1; B: the CATC tretranucleotide repeat region in intron 2; and C: the GA repetitive element and flanking G/A rich sequence in the 3' untranslated region in exon 3. Asterisks (*) under sequence indicate variable bases; dashes indicate gaps introduced to optimize alignment. Sequence data from mok and nie were obtained from the present study; additional zebrafish sequences were obtained from the publicly available databases as follows: AF0503443 from crx cDNA sequence NCBI database [4]; zc12909 genomic sequence from Sanger database; and ctg13244 genomic sequence from Ensembl Database.

A:

mok       CCAGACCCGTAACACAGCGTCGCAGAGAAAAAAGAGAGTGAGAGAGGGGTGAGAGAGGGAGGGAGAGAGAGAGATAGAGA
nie       CCCGACCCGTAAAACAGCGTCGCAGAGAAAAAAGAGAGTGAGAGAGGGGTGAGAGAGGGAGGGAGAGAGAGAGATAGAGA
AF503443  CCCGACCCGTAAAACAGCGTCGCAGAGAAAAAAGAGAGTGAGAG-GGGGTGAGAGAGGGAGGGAGAGAGA--------GA
zc12909   CCCGACCCGTAAAACAGCGTCGCAGAGAAAAAAGAGAGTGAGAGAGGGGTGAGAGAGGGAGGGAGAGAGAGAGATAGAGA
ctg13244  CCCGACCCGTAAAACAGCGTCGCAGAGAAAAAAGAGAGTGAGAGAGGGGTGAGAGAGGGAGGGAGAGAGA--------GA
            *         *                               *                         ********

B:

mok       CTATCTATCCATCTATCCATCCATCCATCCACATCC-TCC-T-CATC----------------CATCCATTCAT
zc12909   CTATCTATCCATCTATCCATCCATCCATCCA--TCCATCCATCCATCCATCCATCCATCCATTCATCCATTCAT
ctg13244  CTATCTATCTATCTATCCATCCATCCATCCA--TCCATCCATCCATCCATCCATCCATC----CATCCATTCAT
                   *                     **   * * * *    ****************

C:

mok       AAGTGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGTGAAGCGCGAGAGGGAAAGACATATGCGTGAAGAAGAAATGATGCAGAACTATTGCCGGAG
nie       AAGTGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGTGACGCGCGAGGGGGA--GAGAGATATGTGT-GAA-AAATGATGCAGAACTATTGCCGGAG
AF503443  AAGTGAGAGAGAGAGAG--TGAAGCGCAAGAGGGAAGGAAAGATGCGTGAAGAAGAAATGATGCAGAACTATTGCCGGAG
zc12909   AAGTGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGTGAAGCGCAAGAGGGAAGGAAAGATGCGTGAAGAAGAAATGATGCAGAACTATTGCCGGAG
ctg13244  AAGTGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGTGAAGCGCAAGAGGGAAGGAAAGATGCGTGAAGAAGAAATGATGCAGAACTATTGCCGGAG
                           **   *    ****    **  ***  *     *   *

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