Figure 2

Alignments of selected sequences from GenBank entries sharing high identity with Nosema bombycisNbLep1_1 (A), NbLep1_2 and NbLep1_3 (B) and Copidosoma floridanumCfLep1 (C).
Nucleotides shaded in black are conserved across sequences. Typical structural features of the Lep1 elements including characteristic 5′-TC and 3′-CTRY nucleotide termini as well as CTRR motif at the 3′ end of acquired sequence were boxed. Abbreviations and GenBank entries for these elements are described in Figure 1.