Abstract:Utility of the internal transcribed spacers (ITSs) of ribosomal RNA sequences to infer phylogenetic relationships among organisms have been proven. Although ITS1 and ITS2 are highly variable in sequence, they have conserved structures that have a key function in the processing of rRNA gene transcripts. Determining of such a conserved motif can help to identify relationships between organisms. Since ITS2 has much more conserved secondary structure, structural properties of ITS1 are generally neglected by resear… Show more
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