Coprinus cinereus Database
Coprinus cinereus is a multicellular basidiomycete with a typical mushroom form that undergoes a complete sexual cycle. A higher fungus (Agaricales), C. cinereus is comprised of many cell types providing a window on the development of multicellularity within the fungal kingdom. The short life cycle and easy cultivation of C. cinereus facilitate extensive genetic and molecular analysis of this species. Such analyses will help to address questions such as whether the genes responsible for the multicellularity of C. cinereus are the progenitors of those in other multicellular organisms, or are innovations restricted to the fungal kingdom.
This re-annotation of the 13 chromosome, 36 Mb genome of C. cinereus is based on an assembly provided by Patricia Pukkila at University of North Carolina, and coworkers. The new assembly consists of 94 contigs (n50 = 3.46 Mb) compared with 431 contigs (n50 = 0.218 Mb) for the old assembly, and a single 42 Kb mitochondrial chromosome. The current annotation also benefits from a five-fold increase in the number of EST-derived reference genes. A file mapping annotations between the current and previous versions may be downloaded here.
ToolsBLAST Search: Find similarities to other sequences Feature Search: Search and view annotated features on the sequence Browse Regions: Retrieve DNA, find clones, and graphically view sequence regions Gene Index: Find genes by a variety of methods Genome Statistics:View basic statistics about genome size, gene density, etc Download Data: Download sequence, genes, markers, and other genome data InformationContact Us:Addresses for contacting the Broad Institute Related Links:Links to sites related to the Coprinus cinereus genome project |
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