The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XV

B. Dujon, K. Albermann, M. Aldea, D. Alexandraki, W. Ansorge, J. Arino, V. Benes, C. Bohn, M. Bolotin-Fukuhara, R. Bordonné, J. Boyer, A. Camasses, A. Casamayor, C. Casas, G. Chéret, C. Cziepluch, B. Daignan-Fornier, D. V. Dang, M. De Haan, H. DeliusP. Durand, C. Fairhead, H. Feldmann, L. Gaillon, F. Galisson, F. J. Gamo, C. Gancedo, A. Goffeau, S. E. Goulding, L. A. Grivell, B. Habbig, N. J. Hand, J. Hani, U. Hattenhorst, U. Hebling, Y. Hernando, E. Herrero, K. Heumann, R. Hiesel, F. Hilger, B. Hofmann, C. P. Hollenberg, B. Hughes, J. C. Jauniaux, A. Kalogeropoulos, C. Katsoulou, E. Kordes, M. J. Lafuente, O. Landt, E. J. Louis, A. C. Maarse, A. Madania, G. Mannhaupt, C. Marck, R. P. Martin, H. W. Mewes, G. Michaux, V. Paces, A. G. Parle-McDermott, B. M. Pearson, A. Perrin, B. Pettersson, O. Poch, T. M. Pohl, R. Poirey, D. Portetelle, A. Pujol, B. Purnelle, M. Ramezani Rad, S. Rechmann, C. Schwager, M. Schweizer, F. Sor, F. Sterky, I. A. Tarassov, C. Teodoru, H. Tettelin, A. Thierry, E. Tobiasch, M. Tzermia, M. Uhlen, M. Unseld, M. Valens, M. Vandenbol, I. Vetter, C. Vlcek, M. Voet, G. Volckaert, H. Voss, R. Wambutt, H. Wedler, S. Wiemann, B. Winsor, K. H. Wolfe, A. Zollner, E. Zumstein, K. Kleine

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Abstract

Chromosome XV was one of the last two chromosomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to be discovered. It is the third-largest yeast chromosome after chromosomes XII end IV, and is very similar in size to chromosome VII. It alone represents 9% of the yeast genome (8% if ribosomal DNA is included). When systematic sequencing of chromosome XV was started, 93 genes or markers were identified, end most of them were mapped. However, very little else was known about chromosome XV which, in contrast to shorter chromosomes, had not been the object of comprehensive genetic or molecular analysis. It was therefore decided to start sequencing chromosome XV only in the third phase of the European Yeast Genome Sequencing Programme, after experience was gained on chromosomes III, XI and II (refs 3-5). The sequence of chromosome XV has been determined from a set of partly overlapping cosmid clones derived from a unique yeast strain, end physically mapped at 3.3-kilobase resolution before sequencing. As well as numerous new open reading frames (ORFs) and genes encoding tRNA or small RNA molecules, the sequence of 1,091,283 base pairs confirms the high proportion of orphan genes and reveals a number of ancestral end successive duplications with other yeast chromosomes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)98-102
Number of pages5
JournalNature
Volume387
Issue number6632 SUPPL.
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 May 1997
Externally publishedYes

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