[Genome] finding homologe gene

Keren Avital z_avital at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 20 11:16:32 PDT 2007


Hello, 

Im trying to find a homologe gene to a pseudogene by using Blat.
But im getting too many results, some of them have very short matches comparing to the sequence length.
How can I tell if a result is good enough to be a homologe gene?

For example, im trying to find: 

ATGGAAATGATGTCAG
CAAAAAGAAAATTCAAGCGATTTTCTTATTCAAGTTCAAAATGGGTCGTAAAGCAGCAGAGACAACTTGC
AACATCGACTGCGCATCTGGTCCAGGAACTGCTAACGAACGTACAGTGCAGTCGTGGTTCAAAAAGTTTT
GCAAAGGAGAGGAGAACCTCGAAGATGAGGAATGTAGTGGCCGGCCGTTGGAAGTTGACAACCACCAATT
GAGAGCAATCATTGAAGCTGATCCTCTTACAACTATACAAGAAGTTGCTGAAGAACTCAACCTTGACCAT
TCTATGGTCGTTTGGCATTTGAAGCAAATTGGAAAGATGAAAAAGCTCGATAAGTGGGTGCCTCATGAGC
TGAGCAAAAATCAAATCATCATTTTGAAGTGTCGTCATCTCTTATTCTACGCAACAATGAACCATTTCTC
AATTGGATTGGGACATGGCAATGAAAAGTGTATTGTATGTGACAACCTGCTACAAGCAGCTCAGTGGTTG
GACCAGGAAGCTGCAAAGCACTTCTCAAAGCCAAATTTGCACCAAAAAAAAAGGTCATGGTCACTGTTTG
GCACTGTGATCCACTACAGCTTTCTGAATCCCAGCGAAACCATTACCTCTGATAAGCATGCTCAGAAAAT
GAGATGGAAATGAGATGCACCGAAAACTGCAATGCCTGCAGCCGGCACTGGTCAACAGAAAGGGCCCAGT
TCTTTACGACAAGGCCTGACCTCATGTTGCACAACCGACACTTCAAAAGTTGAATGAATTGGGCTACGAA
GTTTTGCCTCATCTGCCATATTCACCTGACCTCTCGCCGATCGACTACCACTTCTTCCAACTTTTTGCAG
GGAAAATGTTTCCACAATCAGCAGGATGCCGAAAATGCTTCCAAGGGTTTGTTGAATCCCAAAGCACAGA
TTTTTACACTACAGGAATAAACAAATTTATTCCTCATTGGCAAAAATGTGTTGATTGTAATGGTTCCTAA
TTTGAGTAA

And Im getting too  much results, some of them have very few matches.

If you have another way to find homologe genes for pseudogene that would help too...

Thanks,
Keren


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