@article{9a2de06e1dee47d790b2e6824b7200ff,
title = "Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of Dictyostelium discoideum",
abstract = "The genome of the lower eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum comprises six chromosomes. Here we report the sequence of the largest, chromosome 2, which at 8 megabases (Mb) represents about 25% of the genome. Despite an A + T content of nearly 80%, the chromosome codes for 2,799 predicted protein coding genes and 73 transfer RNA genes. This gene density, about 1 gene per 2.6 kilobases (kb), is surpassed only by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (one per 2 kb) and is similar to that of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (one per 2.5 kb). If we assume that the other chromosomes have a similar gene density, we can expect around 11,000 genes in the D. discoideum genome. A significant number of the genes show higher similarities to genes of vertebrates than to those of other fully sequenced eukaryotes. This analysis strengthens the view that the evolutionary position of D. discoideum is located before the branching of metazoa and fungi but after the divergence of the plant kingdom, placing it close to the base of metazoan evolution.",
keywords = "Animals, Base Composition, Chromosomes, Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast, Dictyostelium, Evolution, Molecular, Genes, Fungal, Genes, Plant, Genes, Protozoan, Humans, Phylogeny, Physical Chromosome Mapping, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protozoan Proteins, RNA, Transfer, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Vertebrates",
author = "Gernot Gl{\"o}ckner and Ludwig Eichinger and Karol Szafranski and Pachebat, {Justin A} and Bankier, {Alan T} and Dear, {Paul H} and R{\"u}diger Lehmann and Cornelia Baumgart and Gen{\'i}s Parra and Abril, {Josep F} and Roderic Guig{\'o} and Kai Kumpf and Budi Tunggal and Edward Cox and Quail, {Michael A} and Matthias Platzer and Andr{\'e} Rosenthal and Noegel, {Angelika A} and Barrell, {Bart G.} and Marie-Ad{\`e}le Rajandream and Williams, {Jeffrey G.} and Kay, {Robert R.} and Adam Kuspa and Richard Gibbs and Richard Sucgang and Muzny, {Donna M.} and Brian Desany and Kathy Zeng and Baoli Zhu and {de Jong}, Pieter and Theodor Dingermann and G{\"u}nther Gerisch and Peter Philippsen and Michael Schleicher and Thomas Winckler",
year = "2002",
month = jul,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1038/nature00847",
language = "English",
volume = "418",
pages = "79--85",
journal = "Nature",
issn = "0028-0836",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
number = "6893",
}