TY - JOUR
T1 - Sequence and analysis of chromosome 4 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana
AU - The European Union Arabidopsis Genome Sequencing Consortium
AU - The Cold Spring Harbor, Washington University in St Louis and PE Biosystems Arabidopsis Sequencing Consortium
AU - Correction Mayer, K.
AU - Schüller, C.
AU - Wambutt, R.
AU - Murphy, G.
AU - Volckaert, G.
AU - Pohl, T.
AU - Düsterhöft, A.
AU - Stiekema, W.
AU - Entian, K. D.
AU - Terryn, N.
AU - Harris, B.
AU - Ansorge, W.
AU - Brandt, P.
AU - Grivell, L.
AU - Rieger, M.
AU - Weichselgartner, M.
AU - De Simone, V.
AU - Obermaier, B.
AU - Mache, R.
AU - Müller, M.
AU - Kreis, M.
AU - Delseny, M.
AU - Puigdomenech, P.
AU - Watson, M.
AU - Schmidtheini, T.
AU - Reichert, B.
AU - Portatelle, D.
AU - Perez-Alonso, M.
AU - Boutry, M.
AU - Bancroft, I.
AU - Vos, P.
AU - Hoheisel, J.
AU - Zimmermann, W.
AU - Wedler, H.
AU - Ridley, P.
AU - Langham, S. A.
AU - McCullagh, B.
AU - Bilham, L.
AU - Robben, J.
AU - Van Der Schueren, J.
AU - Grymonprez, B.
AU - Chuang, Y. J.
AU - Vandenbussche, F.
AU - Braeken, M.
AU - Weltjens, I.
AU - Voet, M.
AU - Bastiaens, I.
AU - Graves, T.
AU - Fulton, B.
AU - Fulton, L.
PY - 1999/12/16
Y1 - 1999/12/16
N2 - The higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) is an important model for identifying plant genes and determining their function. To assist biological investigations and to define chromosome structure, a coordinated effort to sequence the Arabidopsis genome was initiated in late 1996. Here we report one of the first milestones of this project, the sequence of chromosome 4. Analysis of 17.38 megabases of unique sequence, representing about 17% of the genome, reveals 3,744 protein coding genes, 81 transfer RNAs and numerous repeat elements. Heterochromatic regions surrounding the putative centromere, which has not yet been completely sequenced, are characterized by an increased frequency of a variety of repeats, new repeats, reduced recombination, lowered gene density and lowered gene expression. Roughly 60% of the predicted protein-coding genes have been functionally characterized on the basis of their homology to known genes. Many genes encode predicted proteins that are homologous to human and Caenorhabditis elegans proteins.
AB - The higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) is an important model for identifying plant genes and determining their function. To assist biological investigations and to define chromosome structure, a coordinated effort to sequence the Arabidopsis genome was initiated in late 1996. Here we report one of the first milestones of this project, the sequence of chromosome 4. Analysis of 17.38 megabases of unique sequence, representing about 17% of the genome, reveals 3,744 protein coding genes, 81 transfer RNAs and numerous repeat elements. Heterochromatic regions surrounding the putative centromere, which has not yet been completely sequenced, are characterized by an increased frequency of a variety of repeats, new repeats, reduced recombination, lowered gene density and lowered gene expression. Roughly 60% of the predicted protein-coding genes have been functionally characterized on the basis of their homology to known genes. Many genes encode predicted proteins that are homologous to human and Caenorhabditis elegans proteins.
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U2 - 10.1038/47134
DO - 10.1038/47134
M3 - Article
C2 - 10617198
AN - SCOPUS:0343621499
SN - 0028-0836
VL - 402
SP - 769
EP - 777
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
IS - 6763
ER -