Life with 6000 Genes
A. Goffeau et al.
Science, 25 October, 1996, Vol 274, 546-567
The genome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been
completely sequenced through a worldwide collaboration. The sequence
of 12,068 kilobases defined 5885 potential protein-coding genes,
approximately 140 genes specifying ribosomal RNA, 40 genes for small
nuclear RNA molecules, and 275 transfer RNA genes. In addition, the
complete sequence provides information about the higher order
organization of the yeast's 16 chromosomes and allows some insight
into their evolutionary history. The genome shows a considerable
amount of apparent genetic redundancy and one of the major problems
to be tackled during the next stage of the yeast genome project is to
elucidate the biological functions of all of these genes.
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