Table 1 Comparative features of the chromosome 1 strand switch region and the 5'-ends of the adjacent XPP and PAXP genes in 15 Leishmania species a.
Species | XPP | Switch region | PAXP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% nt div. b | div. aa/32aa c | Size (bp) | % AT | % nt div d | % nt div. e | div. aa/36aa f | |
L. aethiopica | 1 | 1 | 1640 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
L. arabica | 1 | 0 | 1658 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
L. turanica | 2 | 1 | 1665 | 50 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
L. major | 3 | 0 | 1666 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
L. tropica | 2 | 0 | 1659 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
L. archibaldi | 1 | 0 | 1668 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
L. donovani | 1 | 0 | 1666 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
L. infantum | 1 | 0 | 1662 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
L. amazonensis | 3 | 0 | 1669 | 52 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
Sauroleishmania | 9 | 3 | 1643 | 54 | 25 | 4 | 0 |
L. peruviania | 3 | 1 | 1656 | 53 | 23 | 13 | 4 |
L. braziliensis | 3 | 1 | 1657 | 53 | 24 | 10 | 3 |
L. guyanensis | 3 | 1 | 1652 | 53 | 23 | 11 | 3 |
L. sp. MAR1 | 12 | 4 | 1658 | 51 | 30 | 12 | 0 |
L. enriettii | 6 | 1 | 1642 | 50 | 25 | 8 | 0 |