The nucleotide sequence of a 81 493 bp contig from Arabidopsis thalian
a chromosome III has been determined together with 11 corresponding co
gnate cDNAs, Analysis of the finished sequence and comparison with pub
lic databases indicates a gene density of one gene per 4527 bp and ide
ntifies 17 novel genes, 10 of which are totally unknown or have no wel
l-defined function, In addition, the contig contains part of a non-LTR
retrotransposon and large direct and inverted repeats, Contig analysi
s also provides information on the structure and genomic organization
of plant genes.