Rice chromosome 10 sequence finished (2003)
The International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP) has made another important achievement this year with the completion of chromosome 10 sequencing to finished-quality level. This chromosome is assigned to the US Rice Genome Sequencing Consortium, which consists of the Arizona Genomics Institute / Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory / Washington University / University of Wisconsin (ACWW Consortium), The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and Plant Genome Initiative at Rutgers (PGIR).
A detailed analysis published in the June 6 issue of Science indicated that this chromosome, which is the smallest in the genome, has a total of 3,471 genes encompassing 22.4 Mbp of non- overlapping sequence. The number of predicted genes in the finished sequence is nearly twice the number of genes in the draft sequence suggesting the importance of completing the sequencing of all rice chromosomes to finished-quality level.
Publications and reference sites:
The Rice Chromosome 10 Sequencing Consortium 2003. In-depth view of structure, activity, and evolution of rice chromosome 10. Science 300:1566-1569.(PubMed)
http://www.usricegenome.org/
http://www.tigr.org/new/press_release_6-5-03.shtml
http://www.genome.arizona.edu/shotgun/rice/
http://pgir.rutgers.edu/
http://nucleus.cshl.org/riceweb/
http://genome.wustl.edu/
http://www.wisc.edu/
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