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genes without introns

Chun-yu Liu cliu at yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu
Fri Feb 18 12:56:15 EST 2000


I think the question is whether there is a gene with intron in most species, but
without in one certain species.  Is that right?  Olfactory receptor is intronless
for all species.

Bruce Roe wrote:

> Alain,
>         The olfactory receptor is a gene family that is intronless, to name
> just one.  Check out:
>   AUTHORS   Glusman G, Clifton S, Roe B and Lancet D.
>   TITLE     Sequence analysis in the olfactory receptor gene cluster on human
>             chromosome 17: recombinatorial events affecting receptor diversity
>   JOURNAL   Genomics 37 (2), 147-160 (1996)
> Cheers,
> --b.roe
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>  You write:
> => Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:18:56 +0000
> => From: Alain Bernot <bernot at genoscope.cns.fr>
> => Subject: genes without introns
> => Hi,
> =>
> => i am looking for exemples of genes which have been sequenced in
> => different vertebrate species, which are made of several exons and
> => introns in most of them, but which doesnt contain any intron in one
> => (or several) species. i am of course only interested in transcribed
> => and functional genes, not in pseudogenes.
> =>
> => thanks in advance,
> =>
> => alain bernot.
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