Introduction to Bioinformatics: CMSC54610-1, Spring quarter 2006.

Lecture 8: Genomics and Gene Recognition

• Prokaryotic Genomes: Table 6.1 gives examples
• Prokaryotic Gene Structure
• GC content in Prokaryotic Genomes: varies betwen 1/4 and 3/4
• Prokaryotic Gene Density: 950 bp coding, 118 bp filler
• Eukaryotic Genomes: Table 6.3 gives examples
• Eukaryotic Gene Structure
• Open reading frames
• GC content in Eukaryotic Genomes
• Gene Expression: SAGE and Microarrays
• homework problems