estimated number of ORFs in total?

[Brian Yow-Hui Kwan]

This is a fairly recent reference that estimates Arabidopsis gene
number.

Regards Brian


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Stiekema, W., Entian, K. D., Terryn, N., Harris, B., Ansroge, W.,
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>  >  Basic question: what are the estimates for total number of ORFs
>  in the
>  >  Arabidopsis genome? References would be most appreciated.
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