Nucleotide sequence of a 5S ribosomal RNA gene in the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus

Abstract
The nucleotide sequence of a cloned DNA fragment corresponding to a gene for 5S ribosomal RNA from the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus has been determined. This sequence is representative of the dominant species of 5S rRNA labelled in vivo with 32 PO 4 during the cleavage stage of Lytechinus embryonic development.