Elucidation of gene appearance mechanism in genome

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26460529
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Bacteriology (including mycology)
• Research Institution: The University of Tokushima
• Principal Investigator: Maseda Hideaki 徳島大学, 大学院生物資源産業学研究部, 准教授 (10372343)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 緑膿菌 / 隠れ遺伝子

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have analyzed the mechanism by which genes are created in the region nonencoding genes in the genome. We desinged software that searches how many regions of such genomes are born or deleted in the genome. As a result of the search, it was revealed that such hidden genes existed in all analyzing organisms and ranged to tens of thousands in people. Sequences searched were selected randomly and it was confirmed whether gene-borning reactions occurred in those sequences. As a result, it was confirmed that reactions in which genes are born occur in all randomly selected sequences. Furthermore, artificially generating such a sequence and confirming whether or not gene-borning reactions occured, it was also confirmed that the same reaction occurred.

Free Research Field

微生物制御学