Hidden genes in birds

0455803 - ÚMG 2016 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Hron, Tomáš - Pajer, Petr - Pačes, Jan - Bartůněk, Petr - Elleder, Daniel
Hidden genes in birds.
Genome Biology. Roč. 16, August 18 (2015). ISSN 1465-6906
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LK11215; GA MŠMT LO1419
Grant - others:GA MŠk(CZ) LM2010005
Institutional support: RVO:68378050
Keywords : REPETITIVE SEQUENCES * G/C stretches * avian genes
Subject RIV: EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
Impact factor: 11.313, year: 2015

We report that a subset of avian genes is characterized by very high GC content and long G/C stretches. These sequence characteristics correlate with the frequent absence of these genes from genomic databases. We provide several examples where genes in this subset are mistakenly reported as missing in birds.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0256420