• DOI:10.1038/nature03481
Corpus ID: 4327346

The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

@article{Eichinger2005TheGO,
  title={The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum},
  author={L. Eichinger and J. A. Pachebat and G. Gl{\"o}ckner and M.-A. Rajandream and R. Sucgang and M. Berriman and J. Song and R. Olsen and K. Szafranski and Q. Xu and B. Tunggal and S. Kummerfeld and M. Madera and B. Konfortov and F. Rivero and A. Bankier and R. Lehmann and N. Hamlin and R. Davies and P. Gaudet and P. Fey and K. Pilcher and G. Chen and D. Saunders and E. Sodergren and P. Davis and A. Kerhornou and X. Nie and N. Hall and C. Anjard and L. Hemphill and N. Bason and P. Farbrother and B. Desany and E. Just and T. Morio and R. Rost and C. Churcher and J. Cooper and S. Haydock and N. V. Driessche and A. Cronin and I. Goodhead and D. Muzny and T. Mourier and A. Pain and M. Lu and D. Harper and R. Lindsay and H. Hauser and K. James and M. Quiles and M. Babu and T. Saitō and C. Buchrieser and A. Wardroper and M. Felder and M. Thangavelu and D. Johnson and A. Knights and H. Loulseged and K. Mungall and K. Oliver and C. Price and M. A. Quail and H. Urushihara and J. Hern{\'a}ndez and E. Rabbinowitsch and D. Steffen and M. Sanders and J. Ma and Y. Kohara and S. Sharp and M. Simmonds and S. Spiegler and A. Tivey and S. Sugano and B. White and D. Walker and J. Woodward and T. Winckler and Y. Tanaka and G. Shaulsky and M. Schleicher and G. Weinstock and A. Rosenthal and E. Cox and R. Chisholm and R. Gibbs and W. Loomis and M. Platzer and R. R. Kay and J. Williams and P. Dear and A. Noegel and B. Barrell and A. Kuspa},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2005},
  volume={435},
  pages={43-57}
}

L. Eichinger, J. A. Pachebat, +94 authors A. Kuspa

Published 2005

Biology, Medicine

Nature

The social amoebae are exceptional in their ability to alternate between unicellular and multicellular forms. Here we describe the genome of the best-studied member of this group, Dictyostelium discoideum. The gene-dense chromosomes of this organism encode approximately 12,500 predicted proteins, a high proportion of which have long, repetitive amino acid tracts. There are many genes for polyketide synthases and ABC transporters, suggesting an extensive secondary metabolism for producing and… CONTINUE READING

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