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Nature 408, 823-826 (14 December 2000) | doi:10.1038/35048507; Received 20 October 2000; Accepted 15 November 2000
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letters to nature Sequence and analysis of chromosome 5 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Kazusa DNA Research Institute, The Cold Spring Harbor and Washington University Sequencing Consortium, The European Union Arabidopsis Genome Sequencing Consortium & Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Abstract
The genome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana has been sequenced by an international collaboration, The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative. Here we report the complete sequence of chromosome 5. This chromosome is 26 megabases long; it is the second largest Arabidopsis chromosome and represents 21% of the sequenced regions of the genome. The sequence of chromosomes 2 and 4 have been reported previously1, 2 and that of chromosomes 1 and 3, together with an analysis of the complete genome sequence, are reported in this issue3, 4, 5. Analysis of the sequence of chromosome 5 yields further insights into centromere structure and the sequence determinants of heterochromatin condensation. The 5,874 genes encoded on chromosome 5 reveal several new functions in plants, and the patterns of gene organization provide insights into the mechanisms and extent of genome evolution in plants.
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