TY - JOUR AU - Jiang, Ke AU - Goertzen, Leslie R. PY - 2011 DA - 2011/03/08 TI - Spliceosomal intron size expansion in domesticated grapevine (Vitis vinifera) JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 52 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Spliceosomal introns are important components of eukaryotic genes as their structure, sizes and contents reflect the architecture of gene and genomes. Intron size, determined by both neutral evolution, repetitive elements activities and potential functional constraints, varies significantly in eukaryotes, suggesting unique dynamics and evolution in different lineages of eukaryotic organisms. However, the evolution of intron size, is rarely studied. To investigate intron size dynamics in flowering plants, in particular domesticated grapevines, a survey of intron size and content in wine grape (Vitis vinifera Pinot Noir) genes was conducted by assembling and mapping the transcriptome of V. vinifera genes from ESTs to characterize and analyze spliceosomal introns. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-52 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-4-52 ID - Jiang2011 ER -