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What are ITS markers?

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What are ITS markers?

Postby Ayesha Kanwal » Jun 03 2012 9:18 am

hey could anybody explain with reference what ITS markers are? I don't have any idea. :roll:
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Re: What are ITS markers?

Postby Astarte » Jun 21 2012 4:15 am

This is a specific sequence in fungi. ITS stands for Internal transcribed seqeunces and it is found between the ribosomal sequences. There are two ITS regions: ITS1 and ITS2. Usually they are sequenced as one big sequence, containing a partial sequence of 18S, ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2 and partial 23S. As the ITS regions show quite some divergence, they are often used as markers in taxonomic studies.
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