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When you have read Chapter 5, you should be able to:

Describe the strengths and wealinesses of the computational and experimental methods used to analyze genome sequences.Describe the basis of open reading frame (ORF) scanning, and explain why always successful in locating genes in eukaryotic genomes approach is not

Explain how genes for functional RNA are located in a genome sequence.

When you have read Chapter 5, you should be able to:

Describe the strengths and wealinesses of the computational and experimental methods used to analyze genome sequences.

Describe the basis of open reading frame (ORF) scanning, and explain why always successful in locating genes in eukaryotic genomes approach is not

Explain how genes for functional RNA are located in a genome sequence.

Define the term "homology and explain how homology and comparative genomics are used to locate genes in a genome sequence.

Outline the various experimental methods used to identify parts of a genome sequence that specify RNA molecules

Evaluate the strengths and limitations of homology analysis as a means of assigning functions to gones

Describe the methods used to inactivate or overexpress individual genes in yeast and mammals, and explain how these methods can lead to identification of the function of a gene

Give outline desorptions of techniques that can be used to obtain more detalled information on the activity of a protein coded by an unknown gene

Summarize the methods used, and progress made, in annotation of the Saccharomyces cerevnate genome sequence

A genome sequence is not an end in itself. A major challenge still has to be met in understanding what the genome contains and how the genome is expressed. Attempts at understanding what a genome contains make use of a combination of computer analysis and experimentation, with the primary aims of locating the genes and determining their functions. This chapter is devoted to the methods used to address these questions. The second prob- lem-understanding how the genome is expressed-is, to a certain extent, merely a different way of stating the objectives of molecular biology over the last 30 years. The difference is that, in the past, attention has been directed at