Open AccessGenome complexity of a powerful cellulolytic fungus, Penicillium funiculosum *
Author(s) -
Sahasrabudhe N.A.,
Ranjekar P.K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1985.tb01099.x
Subject(s) - genomic dna , genome , dna , biology , fungus , repeated sequence , dna sequencing , penicillium , genetics , botany , gene
The genomic complexity of a powerful cellulolytic fungus, Penicillium funiculosum was investigated by studying its DNA reassociation kinetics. Approx. 10% of the total genomic DNA formed duplexes 5828 times faster than the slow component and these were considered to consist of repeated DNA sequences. The latter exhibited a high degree of sequence homogeneity and comprised long as well as short stretches of repeated sequences. The slow component which mainly represented the single copy DNA sequences had a kinetic complexity of 28.7 × 10 9 Da.