Table 1 The list of the predicted and experimentally annotated merlin and ERM proteins included in this study.

Homo sapiens

merlin (NF2)

P35240

AAA36212

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gmd=Retrieve&dopt=Overview&list_uids=9558

ezrin

P15311

CAA35893

radixin

P35241

AAA36541

moesin

P26038

AAA36322

Pan troglodytes

similar to NF2

XP_515061

http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/projects/chimpanzee/

Papio anubis

merlin

P59750

AAO23133

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gmd=Retrieve&dopt=Overview&list_uids=12965

Bos taurus

ezrin

P31976

AAA30510

http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/projects/bovine/

Sus scrofa

radixin

P26044

AAB02865

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

moesin

P26042

AAB02864

Canis familiaris

similar to NF2

XP_534729

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

Oryctolagus cuniculus

ezrin

Q8HZQ5

AAN06818

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gmd=Retrieve&dopt=Overview&list_uids=12818

Mus musculus

ezrin

P26040

CAA43086

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

radixin

P26043

CAA43087

merlin

P46662

CAA52737

Rattus norvegicus

ezrin

P31977

AAR91694

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

NF2

XP_341249

Gallus gallus

ezrin

Q9YGW6

BAA75497

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

radixin

Q9PU45

CAB59977

merlin

NP_989828

Xenopus laevis

unknown

AAH77822

http://www.xenbase.org/

protein

Danio rerio

nf2a

Q6Q413

AAS66973

http://www.ensembl.org/Danio_rerio/

moesin

Q503E6

AAH95359

Fugu rubripes

radixin

FRUP00000132603

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/

moesin

FRUP00000156313

merlin

FRUP00000136298

Tetraodon nigroviridis

unnamed

CAG08868

http://www.ensembl.org/Tetraodon_nigroviridis/

protein 1

CAG08250

unnamed

protein 2

Ciona intestinalis

erm-like

ci0100149701

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/

merlin-like

ci0100130636

Ciona savignyi

merlin-like

paired_scaffold_109

http://www.broad.mit.edu/ftp/

Biomphalaria glabrata

erm-like

AAK61353

http://biology.unm.edu/biomphalaria-genome/

Lytechinus variegates

moesin

P52962

AAC46514

http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/projects/seaurchin/

Apis mellifera

similar to schwannomin

XP_392673

http://racerx00.tamu.edu/PHP/bee_search.php

Drosophila melanogaster

merlin

Q24564

AAB08449

http://fbserver.gen.cam.ac.uk:7081/

moesin

P46150

AAB48934

Drosophila yakuba

merlin-like

predicted in this work

http://genome.wustl.edu/blast/client.pl

Anopheles gambiae

merlin-like fragment

EAA07087

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

Caenorhabditis elegans

erm1a

P91015

AAB37643

http://www.wormbase.org/

erm1b

P91016

AAB37642

nfm 1a

Q20307

AAA19073

nfm 1b

Q95QG5

AAK68385

Caenorhabditis briggsae

erm-like

BP:CBP03133

http://www.wormbase.org/

nfm1

BP:CBP05025

Caenorhabditis remanie

merlin-like

predicted in this work

http://genome.wustl.edu/blast/client.pl

erm-like

Brugia malayi

merlin-like

316.m00022

http://www.tigr.org/tdb/e2k1/bma1/

Schistosoma japonicum

JF2

AAB49033

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/schisto/

Taenia saginata

myosin-like

Q94815

CAA65728

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=protein

Echinococcus multilocularis

EM10

A45620

http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/Echinococcus/

Echinococcus granulosus

EG10

Q24796

CAA82625

Phanerochaete chrysosporium

---

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/whiterot1/whiterot1.home

Aspergillus flavus

---

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

Arabidopsis thaliana

---

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

Oryza sativa

---

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

Trypanosoma brucei

---

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?spec

Cryptosporidium parvum

---

http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/tgi/T_index.cgi?species=c_parvum