Figure 3From: U12 type introns were lost at multiple occasions during evolutionConserved sequence elements of U12 introns in A. castellanii. Position 6 in alignment corresponds to the 5' terminal position of the intron. The majority of these introns were identified by Russell et al [7], whereas the introns of lipid transfer protein and carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier protein was identified in this work.Back to article page