Generation, annotation, and analysis of an extensive Aspergillus niger EST collection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aspergillus niger, a saprophyte commonly found on decaying vegetation, is widely used and studied for industrial purposes. Despite its place as one of the most important organisms for commercial applications, the lack of available information about its genetic makeup limits research with this filamentous fungus.

Results

We present here the analysis of 12,820 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) generated from A. niger cultured under seven different growth conditions. These ESTs identify about 5,108 genes of which 44.5% code for proteins sharing similarity (E < or = 1e(-5)) with GenBank entries of known function, 38% code for proteins that only share similarity with GenBank entries of unknown function and 17.5% encode proteins that do not have a GenBank homolog. Using th

SUBMITTER: Semova N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1434744 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature