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Monascus purpureus (ASM654248v1)

Monascus purpureus Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Monascus purpureus (GCA_006542485.1)

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Monascus purpureus (syn. M. albidus, M. anka, M. araneosus, M. major, M. rubiginosus, and M. vini; , lit. "red yeast") is a species of mold that is purplish-red in color. It is also known by the names ang-khak rice mold, corn silage mold, maize silage mold, and rice kernel discoloration.

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Assembly

The assembly presented has been imported from INSDC and has the assembly accession GCA_006542485.1.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession [GCA_006542485.1] (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/GCA_006542485.1), with additional non-coding genes from Rfam. For more details, please visit INSDC annotation import.

More information

General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.

Statistics

Summary

AssemblyASM654248v1, INSDC Assembly GCA_006542485.1,
Database version115.1
Golden Path Length23,216,963
Genebuild byHubei University of Technology
Genebuild methodImport
Data sourceHubei University of Technology

Gene counts

Coding genes8,095
Non coding genes119
Small non coding genes119
Gene transcripts8,214