title: Genome sequence of the nematode C. elegans: a platform for investigating biology.
abstract: The 97-megabase genomic sequence of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans reveals over 19,000 genes. More than 40 percent of the predicted protein products find significant matches in other organisms. There is a variety of repeated sequences, both local and dispersed. The distinctive distribution of some repeats and highly conserved genes provides evidence for a regional organization of the chromosomes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D016678:Genome; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020161:Physical Chromosome Mapping; D018510:RNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D018510:RNA, Helminth