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The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 6.

Mungall, A J; Palmer, S A; Sims, S K; Edwards, C A; Ashurst, J L; Wilming, L; Jones, M C; Horton, R; Hunt, S E; Scott, C E; Gilbert, J G R; Clamp, M E; Bethel, G; Milne, S; Ainscough, R; Almeida, J P; Ambrose, K D; Andrews, T D; Ashwell, R I S; Babbage, A K; Bagguley, C L; Bailey, J; Banerjee, R; Barker, D J; Barlow, K F; Bates, K; Beare, D M; Beasley, H; Beasley, O; Bird, C P; Blakey, S; Bray-Allen, S; Brook, J; Brown, A J; Brown, J Y; Burford, D C; Burrill, W; Burton, J; Carder, C; Carter, N P; Chapman, J C; Clark, S Y; Clark, G; Clee, C M; Clegg, S; Cobley, V; Collier, R E; Collins, J E; Colman, L K; Corby, N R; Coville, G J; Culley, K M; Dhami, P; Davies, J; Dunn, M; Earthrowl, M E; Ellington, A E; Evans, K A; Faulkner, L; Francis, M D; Frankish, A; Frankland, J; French, L; Garner, P; Garnett, J; Ghori, M J R; Gilby, L M; Gillson, C J; Glithero, R J; Grafham, D V; Grant, M; Gribble, S; Griffiths, C; Griffiths, M; Hall, R; Halls, K S; Hammond, S; Harley, J L; Hart, E A; Heath, P D; Heathcott, R; Holmes, S J; Howden, P J; Howe, K L; Howell, G R; Huckle, E; Humphray, S J; Humphries, M D; Hunt, A R; Johnson, C M; Joy, A A; Kay, M; Keenan, S J; Kimberley, A M; King, A; Laird, G K; Langford, C; Lawlor, S; Leongamornlert, D A; Leversha, M; Lloyd, C R; Lloyd, D M; Loveland, J E; Lovell, J; Martin, S; Mashreghi-Mohammadi, M; Maslen, G L; Matthews, L; McCann, O T; McLaren, S J; McLay, K; McMurray, A; Moore, M J F; Mullikin, J C; Niblett, D; Nickerson, T; Novik, K L; Oliver, K; Overton-Larty, E K; Parker, A; Patel, R; Pearce, A V; Peck, A I; Phillimore, B; Phillips, S; Plumb, R W; Porter, K M; Ramsey, Y; Ranby, S A; Rice, C M; Ross, M T; Searle, S M; Sehra, H K; Sheridan, E; Skuce, C D; Smith, S; Smith, M; Spraggon, L; Squares, S L; Steward, C A; Sycamore, N; Tamlyn-Hall, G; Tester, J; Theaker, A J; Thomas, D W; Thorpe, A; Tracey, A; Tromans, A; Tubby, B; Wall, M; Wallis, J M; West, A P; White, S S; Whitehead, S L; Whittaker, H; Wild, A; Willey, D J; Wilmer, T E; Wood, J M; Wray, P W; Wyatt, J C; Young, L; Younger, R M; Bentley, D R; Coulson, A; Durbin, R; Hubbard, T; Sulston, J E; Dunham, I; Rogers, J; Beck, S

Nature. 2003;425(6960):805-11.

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Chromosome 6 is a metacentric chromosome that constitutes about 6% of the human genome. The finished sequence comprises 166,880,988 base pairs, representing the largest chromosome sequenced so far. The entire sequence has been subjected to high-quality manual annotation, resulting in the evidence-supported identification of 1,557 genes and 633 pseudogenes. Here we report that at least 96% of the protein-coding genes have been identified, as assessed by multi-species comparative sequence analysis, and provide evidence for the presence of further, otherwise unsupported exons/genes. Among these are genes directly implicated in cancer, schizophrenia, autoimmunity and many other diseases. Chromosome 6 harbours the largest transfer RNA gene cluster in the genome; we show that this cluster co-localizes with a region of high transcriptional activity. Within the essential immune loci of the major histocompatibility complex, we find HLA-B to be the most polymorphic gene on chromosome 6 and in the human genome.

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