Table 3 Conserved motifs found in mosquito mitogenomes control regions.

From: In silico identification of multiple conserved motifs within the control region of Culicidae mitogenomes

Motif

Presence in genus

Motif start site (bp) relative to the end of the 12S rRNA gene

Length

Sequence

E-value

Anopheles short motif (AnSM)

390/393

133–206

25

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5’-CCCCT AWTTT TTTTT TTTTT TTTWT-3’

8.3e−2327

Anopheles long motif (AnLM)

388/393

88–162

41

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5’-ATWWW TAWTT AATAA ATWWT TWWAG TACAA TTCTC CTTWT A-3’

6.5e−3302

Culex short (CSM)

34/37

129–148

25

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5’-AAAAA AMCCC CMATT TTTTT TTGTA-3’

8.3e−248

Culex long (CLM)

34/37

76–95

50

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5’-TATMA ATTAT TAAAT WAGAA TWAAW AATAG TATAT TCCTC CCCAA AAYTC-3’

1.3e−445

Aedes short (AeSM)

14/16

130–205

15

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5’-CCCTT AAWTW WWTTT-3’

5.4e−38