Table 1

General features of the I. hospitalis genome

Parameter

Value

%

Chromosome size (bp)

1,297,538

Chromosome G+C content

56.5

Total number of genes

1,494

100

Protein coding genes

.1,444

96.6

RNA genes

.50

3.3

Genes with function prediction

.885

59.2

Genes without function prediction

559

37.4

Genes in ortholog clusters

.1,149

76.9

Genes in paralog clusters

.406

27.2

Fusion genes

.27

1.8

Genes assigned to COGs

.972

65.1

Genes assigned to arCOGs

1,155

80.5

Genes assigned to Pfam domains

.875

58.6

Genes with signal peptides

.213

14.3

Genes with transmembrane helices

.216

14.5

Putative pseudogenes (RNA + proteins)

12

0.8

Podar et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R158   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-11-r158