SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS OF AN 81 KB CONTIG FROM ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA CHROMOSOME-III

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.