Compositional properties and thermal adaptation of 18S rRNA in vertebrates
- 20 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in RNA
- Vol. 14 (8), 1492-1500
- https://doi.org/10.1261/rna.957108
Abstract
In order to investigate the influence of temperature on the GC level of the paired sequences of ribosomal 18S RNAs in vertebrates, we have studied their base composition in cold- and warm-blooded vertebrates using a stem-by-stem comparison. We observed that a number of stems of 18S ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) are variable among species and that the majority of such stems are GC richer in warm-blooded than in cold-blooded vertebrates. We also constructed the secondary structures of the 18S rRNAs of a polar fish, a marsupial, and a monotreme to compare them with those of temperate/tropical fishes and of eutherians, respectively. In these cases, differences similar to those already mentioned were found. We conclude that there is a correlation between stem stability and body temperature even within the relatively limited temperature range of vertebrates.Keywords
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