Calculating total number of exons in the human copy of a gene

[rifah23]

For example if given this sequence:

CAACTCAGCCATTGTTAAAAGCCCACCCTAAGTTTTCAAAGAAATTTCACGACAAC
GAGAAAGCAAGAGGCAAAGCGATCCATCAAGCCAACCTTCGACATCTCTGCCGCA
TCTGTGGGAATTCTTTTAGAGCTGATGAGCACAACAGGAGATATCCAGTCCATGGT
CCTGTGGATGGTAAAACCCTAGGCCTTTTACGAAAGAAGGAAAAGAGAGCTACTTC
CTGGCCGGACCTCATTGCCAAGGTTTTCCGGATCGATGTGAAGGCAGATGTTGACT
CGATCCACCCCACTGAGTTCTGCCATAACTGCTGGAGCATCATGCACAGGAAGTTTA
GCAGTGCCCCATGTGAGGTTTACTTCCCGAGGAACGTGACCATGGAGTGGCACCCC
CACACACCATCCTGTGACATCTGCAACACTGCCCGTCGGGGACTCAAGAGGAAGAGT
CTTCAGCCAAACTTGCAGCTCAGCAAAAAACTCAAAACTGTGCTTGACCAAGCAAGAC
AAGCCCGTCAGCACAAGAGAAGAGCTCAGGCAAGGATCAGCAGCAAGGATGTCATGA
AGAAGATCGCCAACTGCAGTAAGATACATCTTAGTACCAAGCTCCTTGCAGTGGACTTC
CCAGAGCACTTTGTGAAATCCATCTCCTGCCAGATCTGTGAACACATTCTGGCTGACCC
TGTGGAGACCAACTGTAAGCATGTCT

Any help is appreciated!

[Brian Bushnell]

You did not actually ask a question, and it's not clear what you want to know. Can you restate it more explicitly?

[rifah23]

I want to know ow many total exons are there in the human copy of this gene that I provided?

Thanks!

[Brian Bushnell]

You appear to be a student who wants someone to do his homework for him. That is not the goal of this forum.

[rifah23]

this is not a hmwk problem. I didn't understand how to do this kind of problem in class so I am asking someone to explain it to me. You can use a different sequence to explain it to me, I'm just trying to learn.

[Brian Bushnell]

You cannot determine where exons start and stop, in general, from the raw sequence. So, it is impossible to determine the number of exons used in a gene from the sequence alone. It's possible in a well-characterized genome, but that sounds like the point of the exercise.

[rifah23]

someone suggested I use UCSC BLAT to put my sequence in. Problem is, I don't know what the results mean.

[ECO]

Moving this to General.

Just like in the real world...people will be more inclined to help if you post what efforts you've made, rather than asking to be spoonfed.