Chapter 5. Finding Protein-coding Genes

  1. Prof. Dr. Thomas Lengauer
  1. David C. Kulp

Published Online: 5 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9783527619368.ch5

Bioinformatics - From Genomes to Therapies

Bioinformatics - From Genomes to Therapies

How to Cite

Kulp, D. C. (2008) Finding Protein-coding Genes, in Bioinformatics - From Genomes to Therapies (ed T. Lengauer), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Germany. doi: 10.1002/9783527619368.ch5

Editor Information

  1. Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 85, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 5 FEB 2008
  2. Published Print: 11 JAN 2007

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527312788

Online ISBN: 9783527619368

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Keywords:

  • annotation;
  • spliceosome;
  • splice sites;
  • transcription;
  • polyadenylation

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Basic DNA Terminology

  • Detecting Coding Sequences

  • GeneContents

  • Gene Signals

  • Integrating Gene Features

  • Performance Comparisons

  • Using Homology

  • Pitfalls: Pseudogenes, Splice Variants and the Cruel Biological Reality

  • Further Reading

  • References