• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Complete Genome Sequence of the Methanogenic Archaeon, Methanococcus jannaschii
  • Contributor: Bult, Carol J.; White, Owen; Olsen, Gary J.; Zhou, Lixin; Fleischmann, Robert D.; Sutton, Granger G.; Blake, Judith A.; FitzGerald, Lisa M.; Clayton, Rebecca A.; Gocayne, Jeannine D.; Kerlavage, Anthony R.; Dougherty, Brian A.; Tomb, Jean-Francois; Adams, Mark D.; Reich, Claudia I.; Overbeek, Ross; Kirkness, Ewen F.; Weinstock, Keith G.; Merrick, Joseph M.; Glodek, Anna; Scott, John L.; Geoghagen, Neil S. M.; Weidman, Janice F.; Fuhrmann, Joyce L.; [...]
  • imprint: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1996
  • Published in: Science
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5278.1058
  • ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
  • Origination:
  • Footnote:
  • Description: <jats:p> The complete 1.66-megabase pair genome sequence of an autotrophic archaeon, <jats:italic>Methanococcus jannaschii</jats:italic> , and its 58- and 16-kilobase pair extrachromosomal elements have been determined by whole-genome random sequencing. A total of 1738 predicted protein-coding genes were identified; however, only a minority of these (38 percent) could be assigned a putative cellular role with high confidence. Although the majority of genes related to energy production, cell division, and metabolism in <jats:italic>M. jannaschii</jats:italic> are most similar to those found in Bacteria, most of the genes involved in transcription, translation, and replication in <jats:italic>M. jannaschii</jats:italic> are more similar to those found in Eukaryotes. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="hbar" xlink:type="simple" /> <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.jcvi.org/cms/research/projects/tdb/overview/" xlink:type="simple"> <jats:bold> The <jats:italic>Methanococcus jannaschii</jats:italic> Genome Database </jats:bold> </jats:ext-link> </jats:p>