EST Analysis of Ostreococcus lucimarinus, the Most Compact Eukaryotic Genome, Shows an Excess of Introns in Highly Expressed Genes

William Lanier; Ahmed Moustafa; Debashish Bhattacharya; Josep M. Comeron

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002171

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EST Analysis of Ostreococcus lucimarinus, the Most Compact Eukaryotic Genome, Shows an Excess of Introns in Highly Expressed Genes

William Lanier,

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America
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Ahmed Moustafa,

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America
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Debashish Bhattacharya,

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences and Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America
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Josep M. Comeron

* E-mail: josep-comeron@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences and Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America
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EST Analysis of Ostreococcus lucimarinus, the Most Compact Eukaryotic Genome, Shows an Excess of Introns in Highly Expressed Genes

William Lanier,
Ahmed Moustafa,
Debashish Bhattacharya,
Josep M. Comeron

Published: May 14, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002171

About the Authors

William Lanier

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America

Ahmed Moustafa

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America

Debashish Bhattacharya

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences and Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America

Josep M. Comeron

* E-mail: josep-comeron@uiowa.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC DB WL. Analyzed the data: WL AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WL AM. Wrote the paper: JC DB WL.

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