Figure 1From: The integrins of the urochordate Ciona intestinalis provide novel insights into the molecular evolution of the vertebrate integrin familyComparison of sequences recovered directly from the JGI C. intestinalis database before (A – Recovered) and after (B – Refined) sequence refinement. The annotated cartoons represent the domain structures of generic α & β integrin chains. Each subsequent row represents: (A – Recovered) the domain structure encoded by a sequence as retrieved directly from the database together with its assigned database accession number; and (B – Refined) the refined version of that gene after detailed analysis of the genomic sequence as described in the methods together with the name assigned during these analyses (e.g. Ci_α1). Refined sequences are presented as alignments in Fig. 3-7 and are also included as amino acid residue sequence files (see additional file 1).Back to article page