Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Tetrahymena genome published

I have written before about the very unusual genome of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, now its genome has been published in PLOS biology. The paper is free so everyone can read it for themselves. Tetrahymena has lead to many important discoveries in molecular biology such as catalytic RNA, telomeric repeats, telomerase and the function of histone acetylation. Lets hope the genome provides more insights into this fascinating organism and lead to more discoveries.


Eisen JA, Coyne RS, Wu M, Wu D, Thiagarajan M, et al. (2006)
Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote. PLoS Biol 4(9): e286

What's shaped like a pear and has two genomes? Check the pond (press release, Eurekalert)

Tetrahymena Genome Database

Tetrahymena Genome Project

Tetrahymena thermophila Genome Project
(TIGR)

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