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  • Regions of human chromosome 2 (2q32-q35) and mouse chromosome 1 show synteny with the pufferfish genome (Fugu rubripes). Genomics Schofield, J. P., Elgar, G., Greystrong, J., Lye, G., Deadman, R., Micklem, G., King, A., Brenner, S., Vaudin, M. 1997; 45 (1): 158-67

    Abstract

    We have isolated and sequenced a cosmid clone from the compact genome of the Japanese pufferfish (Fugu rubripes) containing portions of three genes that have the same order as in human. The gene order is microtubule-associated protein (MAP-2), myosin light chain (MYL-1), and carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CPS III). The intron-exon organization of Fugu CPS III is identical with that of rat CPS I, although the equivalent genomic fragments of rat and Fugu CPS span 87.9 and 21 kb, respectively. This is the first report of a piscine CPS III genomic structure and predicts a close evolutionary link between CPS III and CPS I. The 8-kb intergenic region between MYL-1 and CPS gave no clear areas of transcription factor-binding sites by pairwise comparison with shark or rat CPS promoter regions. However, there was a match with the rat myosin light chain 2 (MLC-2) gene promoter and a MyoD transcription factor-binding site 874 bp upstream of the MYL-1 gene.

    View details for DOI 10.1006/geno.1997.4913

    View details for PubMedID 9339372

  • The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome IX. Nature Churcher, C., Bowman, S., Badcock, K., Bankier, A., Brown, D., Chillingworth, T., Connor, R., Devlin, K., Gentles, S., Hamlin, N., Harris, D., Horsnell, T., Hunt, S., Jagels, K., Jones, M., Lye, G., Moule, S., Odell, C., Pearson, D., Rajandream, M., Rice, P., Rowley, N., Skelton, J., Smith, V., Barrell, B. 1997; 387 (6632 Suppl): 84-7

    Abstract

    Large-scale systematic sequencing has generally depended on the availability of an ordered library of large-insert bacterial or viral genomic clones for the organism under study. The generation of these large insert libraries, and the location of each clone on a genome map, is a laborious and time-consuming process. In an effort to overcome these problems, several groups have successfully demonstrated the viability of the whole-genome random 'shotgun' method in large-scale sequencing of both viruses and prokaryotes. Here we report the sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome IX, determined in part by a whole-chromosome 'shotgun', and describe the particular difficulties encountered in the random 'shotgun' sequencing of an entire eukaryotic chromosome. Analysis of this sequence shows that chromosome IX contains 221 open reading frames (ORFs), of which approximately 30% have been sequenced previously. This chromosome shows features typical of a small Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome.

    View details for PubMedID 9169870

  • The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XIII. Nature Bowman, S., Churcher, C., Badcock, K., Brown, D., Chillingworth, T., Connor, R., Dedman, K., Devlin, K., Gentles, S., Hamlin, N., Hunt, S., Jagels, K., Lye, G., Moule, S., Odell, C., Pearson, D., Rajandream, M., Rice, P., Skelton, J., Walsh, S., Whitehead, S., Barrell, B. 1997; 387 (6632 Suppl): 90-3

    Abstract

    Systematic sequencing of the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has revealed thousands of new predicted genes and allowed analysis of long-range features of chromosomal organization. Generally, genes and predicted genes seem to be distributed evenly throughout the genome, having no overall preference for DNA strand. Apart from the smaller chromosomes, which can have substantially lower gene density in their telomeric regions, there is a consistent average of one open reading frame (ORF) approximately every two kilobases. However, one of the most surprising findings for a eukaryote with approximately 6,000 genes was the amount of apparent redundancy in its genome. This redundancy occurs both between individual ORFs and over more extensive chromosome regions, which have been duplicated preserving gene order and orientation. Here we report the entire nucleotide sequence of chromosome XIII, the sixth-largest S. cerevisiae chromosome, and demonstrate that its features and organization are consistent with those observed for other S. cerevisiae chromosomes. Analysis revealed 459 ORFs, 284 have not been identified previously. Both intra- and interchromosomal duplications of regions of this chromosome have occurred.

    View details for PubMedID 9169872