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Rice Genome analysis completed
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The Rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica cv. Nipponbare) has been
sequenced by the IRGSP (International Rice Genome Sequencing Project),
in December 2004, and Japan has been taking a leading role of this project. Recently, a detailed analysis of the high-quality sequence of the rice genome was featured in Nature 2005 Aug 11;436(7052):793-800. According to National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) and the Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (STAFF), a total of 37,544 genes were identified. About 71% of these genes are similar to genes found in Arabidopsis, a model experimental dicotyledonous plant, which has been completely sequenced in the year 2000. A total of 2,859 genes (c.a. 8%) did not have homologies with those of Arabidopsis. These genes may be rice-specific or monocot-specific. The data was submitted to DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank International Nucleotide Sequence Databases and was released as Accession numbers AP008207 - AP008218. The sequence information is available via DDBJ getentry system. The data was submitted to DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank International Nucleotide Sequence Databases and was released under the Accession numbers AP008207 - AP008218. The sequence information is available via DDBJ getentry system. Drs. Takashi Gojobori (Director of CIB-DDBJ) and Hisakazu Iwama (formerly belonged to DDBJ until 2004.10, current affiliation is Associate Professor of Kagawa University) participated in International Rice Genome Sequencing Project, in charge of Annotation and Analysis. (References)
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