Of Protein Size and Genomes

Authors :: Santos-Magalhaes, N. S.
de Oliveira, H. M.
Source :: WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Biomedicine, Issue 2, vol.3, n.2, pp.133-138, 2006
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: An approach for approximately calculating the number of genes in a genome is presented, which takes into account the average protein length expected for the species. A number of virus, bacterial and eukaryotic genomes are scrutinized. Genome figures are presented, which support the average protein size of a species as a criterion for assessing life complexity. The human gene distribution in the 23 chromosomes is investigated emphasizing the genomic rate, the mean 'exon' length, and the mean 'exons per gene'. It is shown that storing all genes of a single human definitely requires less than 12 MB.<br />Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, 5 tables

Database :: arXiv
Journal :: WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Biomedicine, Issue 2, vol.3, n.2, pp.133-138, 2006
Publication Type :: Report
Accession number :: edsarx.1502.03732
Document Type :: Working Paper

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