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To sequence and analyze a contiguous segment of the Escherichia coli chromosome spanning the 0 to 2.4 min region to identify open reading frames and characterize genomic organization.

January 1, 1992Nucleic Acids ResearchOpen Access

Systematic sequencing of theEscherichia coligenome: analysis of the 0 – 2.4 min region

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TYTakashi YuraKyoto University HMHirotada MoriShinshu University HNHiroki NagaiGifu University

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Genomic analysis reveals roughly 90 densely packed genes in Escherichia coli, highlighting metabolic conservation across diverse bacterial and eukaryotic organisms.

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To sequence and analyze a contiguous segment of the Escherichia coli chromosome spanning the 0 to 2.4 min region to identify open reading frames and characterize genomic organization.
Determined a continuous 111,402-nucleotide sequence from the 0 to 2.4 min region of the Escherichia coli chromosome.
Predicted open reading frames and performed sequence homology comparisons using the PIR protein database.
Identified approximately 90 predicted genes organized within the 111,402-nucleotide sequence with minimal intergenic spacer DNA.
Identified novel gene clusters displaying sequence homology to proteins involved in fatty acid metabolism, iron transport (sfuABC), and symbiotic nitrogen fixation or electron transport (fixABCX).
Characterized previously mapped but unsequenced loci, including the leuABCD operon and multiple insertion sequence elements.

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Yura et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f331a9cac01975e42781e https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/20.13.3305

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Genomic analysis reveals roughly 90 densely packed genes in Escherichia coli, highlighting metabolic conservation across diverse bacterial and eukaryotic organisms.

Systematic sequencing of theEscherichia coligenome: analysis of the 0 – 2.4 min region

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Systematic sequencing of theEscherichia coligenome: analysis of the 0 – 2.4 min region

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