title: LESSONS FROM SEQUENCING OF THE GENOME OF A UNICELLULAR CYANOBACTERIUM, SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC6803.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the entire genome of the unicellular cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, has been determined. The length of the circular genome was 3,573,480 bp, and a total of 3168 protein-coding genes were assigned to the genome by a computer-assisted analysis. The functions of approximately 45% of the genes were deduced based on sequence similarity to known genes. Here are distinctive features of genetic information carried by the cyanobacteria, which have a phylogenetic relationship to both bacteria and plants.
authors.affiliation: Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 1532-3 Yana, Kisarazu, Chiba 292, Japan; e-mail: tabata@kazusa.or.jp
authors.forename: H.
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: S.
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tabata