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Ciona intestinalis 63_2
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Urochordata; Ascidiacea; Enterogona; Phlebobranchia; Cionidae; Ciona

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Ciona intestinalis (sometimes known by the common name of vase tunicate) is an ascidian (sea squirt), a tunicate with very soft tunic. Its Latin name literally means "pillar of intestines", referring to the fact that its body is a soft, translucent column-like structure, resembling a mass of intestines sprouting from a rock. It is a globally distributed cosmopolitan species. Since Linnaeus described the species, Ciona intestinalis has been used as a model invertebrate chordate in developmental biology and genomics. Studies conducted between 2005 and 2010 have shown that there are at least two, possibly four, sister species. More recently it has been shown that one of these species has already been described as Ciona robusta. By anthropogenic means, the species has invaded various parts of the world and is known as an invasive species.

Ciona intestinalis

Sequence Statistics

No Sequences19858
No Amino Acids8307073
Min Seq. Length21
Avg. Seq. Length418.324
Max Seq. Length24826
Seq. Length 1σ476.641

Disorder Prediction Statistics

Predictor % Genome Disordered % Genome Disordered in SCOP Domains Avg. % of Seq. Disordered Avg. % of Disordered Regions in SCOP Domains Avg. % of Seq. Disordered and in SCOP Domains
VLXT 26.589 7.460 27.844 32.647 6.791
VSL2b 34.443 8.769 36.486 30.215 8.090
PrDOS 33.105 6.249 35.778 23.976 5.837
PV2 39.101 10.422 42.941 30.840 9.767
IUPred-S 14.890 1.677 17.215 17.562 1.734
IUPred-L 16.539 2.025 22.299 24.352 2.268
Espritz-N 22.602 4.702 23.827 27.210 4.161
Espritz-X 13.072 1.171 16.271 15.163 1.445
Espritz-D 5.466 0.434 37.263 9.252 4.395

SUPERFAMILY Domains

% Amino Acids with SCOP Assignment % Sequences with SCOP Assignment No of Domains No of Superfamilies No of Families Avg. Family Size Avg. Domain Length Domain Pairs Unique Domain Architectures
45 53 15488 956 904 16.2 333 1075 3295

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