2.3 |. IAP domain analysis

To perform the domain analysis, we used the nucleotide sequences of nine iap gene sequences. We obtained the open reading frames for these nucleotide sequences using the ExPASY (Gasteiger et al., 2003). After obtaining the open reading frames, an NCBI Conserved domain search was performed to identify conserved domains and their locations within each iap gene. The MUSCLE alignment program was used to align iap gene sequences (Edgar, 2004).