Is the insect glutathione S-transferase I gene family intronless?

Authors
Lougarre, A Bride, JM Fournier, D
Citation
A. Lougarre et al., Is the insect glutathione S-transferase I gene family intronless?, INSEC MOL B, 8(1), 1999, pp. 141-143
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control","Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09621075 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
141 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-1075(199902)8:1<141:ITIGSI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The genes coding for class I glutathione S-transferases in insects were bel ieved to be intronless because the coding sequence was not interrupted by a n intron. But sequences of the untranslated 5' end of transcripts revealed the presence of an intron in housefly and Drosophila genes suggesting that most insect GSTI genes are in fact interrupted.