The Deinococcus radiodurans R1 genome is 3.28 Million bp long and contains approximately 3245 predicted genes.

The sequence was released 11/24/1999 by the TIGR, and was described in Science 286:1571-7 (1999) White O, Eisen JA, Heidelberg JF, Hickey EK, Peterson JD, et al.  "Genome sequence of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans R1. "
Abstract: The complete genome sequence of the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans R1 is composed of two chromosomes (2,648,638 and 412,348 base pairs), a megaplasmid (177,466 base pairs), and a small plasmid (45,704 base pairs), yielding a total genome of 3,284, 156 base pairs. Multiple components distributed on the chromosomes and megaplasmid that contribute to the ability of D. radiodurans to survive under conditions of starvation, oxidative stress, and high amounts of DNA damage were identified. Deinococcus radiodurans represents an organism in which all systems for DNA repair, DNA damage export, desiccation and starvation recovery, and genetic redundancy are present in one cell.... [Click above reference link for full abstract]

Sample position queries

A genome position can be specified by chromosomal coordinate range, COG ID, or keywords from the GenBank or TIGR description of a gene. The available chromosome/plasmid names are:

Browser Chrom/Plasmid NameLength (bp)GC Content (%)Gene CountNCBI RefSeq Accession
plasmid_MP117746663.19149NC_000958
plasmid_CP14570456.1540NC_000959
chr1264863867.012687NC_001263
chr241234866.69369NC_001264

The following list shows examples of valid position queries for this genome: 

Request:Genome Browser Response:
chr1Displays the entire sequence "chr1" in the browser window
chr1:1-10000    Displays first ten thousand bases of the sequence "chr1"
transporter    Lists all genes with "transporter" in the name or description
DRB0010Display genome at position of gene DRB0010


Credits

The Archaeal Genome Browsers at UCSC were developed by members of the Lowe Lab (Kevin Schneider, Katherine Pollard, Andy Pohl, Todd Lowe) and Robert Baertsch, with significant support from the UCSC Human Genome Browser group. The Archaeal Browsers are run by a slightly modified version of the UCSC Human Genome Browser system. All queries, bug reports, content corrections, suggested improvements, and new track data submissions should be sent to Todd Lowe (lowe @soe.ucsc.edu).

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