title: Toward the functional analysis of the Dictyostelium discoideum genome.
abstract: Dictyostelium discoideum is a useful model for molecular studies of cell biology and development. The 34-megabase Dictyostelium genome is currently being sequenced through the efforts of an international consortium. The genome is expected to encode 8-10,000 genes, including all those required for a free-living eukaryote capable of multicellular development. A complete description of the Dictyostelium genome will open the way toward the application of genome-based experimental approaches to studies of cell biology and development in this organism, and allow detailed physiological and evolutionary comparisons to other species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sucgang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shaulsky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuspa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins