Glockner_2002_Nature_418_79

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Title : Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of Dictyostelium discoideum - Glockner_2002_Nature_418_79
Author(s) : Glockner G , Eichinger L , Szafranski K , Pachebat JA , Bankier AT , Dear PH , Lehmann R , Baumgart C , Parra G , Abril JF , Guigo R , Kumpf K , Tunggal B , Cox E , Quail MA , Platzer M , Rosenthal A , Noegel AA
Ref : Nature , 418 :79 , 2002
Abstract :

The genome of the lower eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum comprises six chromosomes. Here we report the sequence of the largest, chromosome 2, which at 8 megabases (Mb) represents about 25% of the genome. Despite an A + T content of nearly 80%, the chromosome codes for 2,799 predicted protein coding genes and 73 transfer RNA genes. This gene density, about 1 gene per 2.6 kilobases (kb), is surpassed only by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (one per 2 kb) and is similar to that of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (one per 2.5 kb). If we assume that the other chromosomes have a similar gene density, we can expect around 11,000 genes in the D. discoideum genome. A significant number of the genes show higher similarities to genes of vertebrates than to those of other fully sequenced eukaryotes. This analysis strengthens the view that the evolutionary position of D. discoideum is located before the branching of metazoa and fungi but after the divergence of the plant kingdom, placing it close to the base of metazoan evolution.

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Gene_locus related to this paper: dicdi-crd2p , dicdi-DPOA , dicdi-P90528 , dicdi-Q8MMX8 , dicdi-Q8MYE7 , dicdi-q54z90 , dicdi-Q75JJ5 , dicdi-Q54ZA6 , dicdi-q86h82 , dicdi-Q86HC9 , dicdi-Q86HM5 , dicdi-Q86HM6 , dicdi-Q86I88 , dicdi-q86iz7 , dicdi-Q86KU7 , dicdi-q552c0 , dicdi-q553t5 , dicdi-q555h0 , dicdi-q555h1 , dicdi-q557k5 , dicdi-Q869Q8 , dicdi-f172a

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Gene_locus dicdi-crd2p    dicdi-DPOA    dicdi-P90528    dicdi-Q8MMX8    dicdi-Q8MYE7    dicdi-q54z90    dicdi-Q75JJ5    dicdi-Q54ZA6    dicdi-q86h82    dicdi-Q86HC9    dicdi-Q86HM5    dicdi-Q86HM6    dicdi-Q86I88    dicdi-q86iz7    dicdi-Q86KU7    dicdi-q552c0    dicdi-q553t5    dicdi-q555h0    dicdi-q555h1    dicdi-q557k5    dicdi-Q869Q8    dicdi-f172a

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Glockner G, Eichinger L, Szafranski K, Pachebat JA, Bankier AT, Dear PH, Lehmann R, Baumgart C, Parra G, Abril JF, Guigo R, Kumpf K, Tunggal B, Cox E, Quail MA, Platzer M, Rosenthal A, Noegel AA (2002)
Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of Dictyostelium discoideum
Nature 418 :79

Glockner G, Eichinger L, Szafranski K, Pachebat JA, Bankier AT, Dear PH, Lehmann R, Baumgart C, Parra G, Abril JF, Guigo R, Kumpf K, Tunggal B, Cox E, Quail MA, Platzer M, Rosenthal A, Noegel AA (2002)
Nature 418 :79