Human genome -- from pieces to patterns

Front Biosci. 2005 Sep 1:10:2576-84. doi: 10.2741/1721.

Abstract

A profile of exon-intron lengths in genes shows a normal distribution. This observation suggests that different genes may have portions of their total exon and/or intron lengths in common. In order to explore the common exon-intron structural patterns that may arise due to common lengths across genes, we compared the exon-intron length patterns of annotated human genes. We discovered 1762278 conserved arrangements of exon-intron length across the otherwise unrelated and diverse genomic landscape. The existence of common exon-intron length patterns across unrelated genes suggests for their role of in gene assemblage and human genome design and architecture.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Exons / genetics*
  • Genome, Human*
  • Humans
  • Introns / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA