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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on April 15, 2007.
Genetics, Vol. 176, 1351-1353, June 2007, Copyright © 2007
doi:10.1534/genetics.107.070938
The Bursicon Gene in Mosquitoes: An Unusual Example of mRNA Trans-splicing
Hugh M. Robertson*,1,
Julia A. Navik*,
Kimberly K. O. Walden* and
Hans-Willi Honegger
* Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 and Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
1 Corresponding author: Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801.
E-mail: hughrobe{at}uiuc.edu
The bursicon gene in Anopheles gambiae is encoded by two loci. Burs124 on chromosome arm 2L contains exons 1, 2, and 4, while burs3 on arm 2R contains exon 3. Exon 3 is efficiently spliced into position in the mature transcript. This unusual gene arrangement is ancient within mosquitoes, being shared by Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens.
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