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Table 1 Characteristics of deleted regions containing DNA repair loci that have been lost during the evolution of Buchnera

From: The process of genome shrinkage in the obligate symbiont Buchnera aphidicola

Deleted gene

Functional role

Within/between syntenic fragments

Size of deleted region (nucleotides)

Number of genes in deleted region

ada

Direct damage reversal

Between

25,426

27

ogt

Direct damage reversal

Between

88,327

83

tag

Base excision repair

Between

33,065

30

mutM

Base excision repair

Between

809

1

mutH

Mismatch repair

Within

9,601

8

recJ

Mismatch repair

Within

4,533

6

uvrD

Mismatch repair

Between

11,325

12

recA

Recombinase pathway

Between

9,884

10

recF

Recombinase pathway

Within

1,073

1

recN

Recombinase pathway

Within

1,661

1

uvrA

UV excision repair

Within

6,579

6

uvrB

UV excision repair

Between

60,515

64

uvrC

UV excision repair

Between

27,558

34