Comparative genomics of Arabidopsis and maize: prospects and limitations.
The completed Arabidopsis genome seems to be of limited value as a model for maize genomics. In addition to the expansion of repetitive sequences in maize and the lack of genomic micro-colinearity, maize-specific or highly-diverged proteins contribute to a predicted maize proteome of about 50,000 proteins, twice the size of that of Arabidopsis.
Brendel
Volker
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Department of Zoology and Genetics and Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA. vbrendel@iastate.edu
Kurtz
Stefan
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Walbot
Virginia
V
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D018745:Genome, Plant; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D020543:Proteome / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D026801:Synteny / Q000235:genetics; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
D018744:DNA, Plant; D020543:Proteome