The 2008 update of the Aspergillus nidulans genome annotation: a community effort.
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SUBMITTER: Wortman JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2826280 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
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The 2008 update of the Aspergillus nidulans genome annotation: a community effort.
Wortman Jennifer Russo JR Gilsenan Jane Mabey JM Joardar Vinita V Deegan Jennifer J Clutterbuck John J Andersen Mikael R MR Archer David D Bencina Mojca M Braus Gerhard G Coutinho Pedro P von Döhren Hans H Doonan John J Driessen Arnold J M AJ Durek Pawel P Espeso Eduardo E Fekete Erzsébet E Flipphi Michel M Estrada Carlos Garcia CG Geysens Steven S Goldman Gustavo G de Groot Piet W J PW Hansen Kim K Harris Steven D SD Heinekamp Thorsten T Helmstaedt Kerstin K Henrissat Bernard B Hofmann Gerald G Homan Tim T Horio Tetsuya T Horiuchi Hiroyuki H James Steve S Jones Meriel M Karaffa Levente L Karányi Zsolt Z Kato Masashi M Keller Nancy N Kelly Diane E DE Kiel Jan A K W JA Kim Jung-Mi JM van der Klei Ida J IJ Klis Frans M FM Kovalchuk Andriy A Krasevec Nada N Kubicek Christian P CP Liu Bo B Maccabe Andrew A Meyer Vera V Mirabito Pete P Miskei Márton M Mos Magdalena M Mullins Jonathan J Nelson David R DR Nielsen Jens J Oakley Berl R BR Osmani Stephen A SA Pakula Tiina T Paszewski Andrzej A Paulsen Ian I Pilsyk Sebastian S Pócsi István I Punt Peter J PJ Ram Arthur F J AF Ren Qinghu Q Robellet Xavier X Robson Geoff G Seiboth Bernhard B van Solingen Piet P Specht Thomas T Sun Jibin J Taheri-Talesh Naimeh N Takeshita Norio N Ussery Dave D vanKuyk Patricia A PA Visser Hans H van de Vondervoort Peter J I PJ de Vries Ronald P RP Walton Jonathan J Xiang Xin X Xiong Yi Y Zeng An Ping AP Brandt Bernd W BW Cornell Michael J MJ van den Hondel Cees A M J J CA Visser Jacob J Oliver Stephen G SG Turner Geoffrey G
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 20081225
The identification and annotation of protein-coding genes is one of the primary goals of whole-genome sequencing projects, and the accuracy of predicting the primary protein products of gene expression is vital to the interpretation of the available data and the design of downstream functional applications. Nevertheless, the comprehensive annotation of eukaryotic genomes remains a considerable challenge. Many genomes submitted to public databases, including those of major model organisms, contai ...[more]
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