Aspergillus nidulans Assembly and Gene Annotation

About the Aspergillus nidulans genome

Aspergillus nidulans (also called Emericella nidulans when referring to its sexual form, or teleomorph) is one of many species of filamentous fungi in the phylum Ascomycota. It has been an important research organism for studying eukaryotic cell biology for over 50 years, being used to study a wide range of subjects including recombination, DNA repair, mutation, cell cycle control, tubulin, chromatin, nucleokinesis, pathogenesis, metabolism and experimental evolution.

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A European consortium called Eurofungbase together with the University of Manchester, sequenced the Aspergillus nidulans strain FGSC-4A genome using whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequencing. The genome is ~29.8 Mbp and assembled into 8 chromosomes.

References

1. CADRE: the Central Aspergillus Data REpository.
   Mabey JE, Anderson MJ, Giles PF, Miller CJ, Attwood TK, Paton NW, Bornberg-Bauer E, Robson GD, Oliver SG, Denning DW. 2004. Nucleic Acids Res.. 32:D401-5.
2. Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae.
   Galagan JE, Calvo SE, Cuomo C, Ma LJ, Wortman JR, ..., Dyer P, Sachs MS, Osmani SA, Birren BW. 2005. Nature. 438:1105-1115.
3. The 2008 update of the Aspergillus nidulans genome annotation: a community effort.
   Wortman JR, Gilsenan JM, Joardar V, Deegan J, Clutterbuck J, ..., Brandt BW, Cornell MJ, van den Hondel CA, Visser J et al. 2009. Fungal Genet. Biol.. 46 Suppl 1:S2-13.

More information

General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.