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Integrated gene-finding programs begin by searching for signals and performing a coding region analysis. The scientists attempt to define exons and give one or more tentative gene structures that seem most consistent with all the data at hand. Several such integrated algorithms are now available, and can give a good idea of gene structure in at least some circumstances.

1. Please download the DNA sequence of the human enolase gene (accession number X56832) from GenBank.
2. Look at the annotation part. How many coding sequences (CDs) are there in this sequence? Please identify the position of each CD.
3. Go to http://gnomic.stanford.edu/~chris/GENSCANW.html
4. Predict the position and length of the exons with GENSCAN.
5. Compare the results of annotated exons from the GenBank report and predicted the exons from GENSCAN. Show all results on your homepage.

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