RRC ID 472
著者 Mita K, Morimyo M, Okano K, Koike Y, Nohata J, Kawasaki H, Kadono-Okuda K, Yamamoto K, Suzuki MG, Shimada T, Goldsmith MR, Maeda S.
タイトル The construction of an EST database for Bombyx mori and its application.
ジャーナル Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Abstract To build a foundation for the complete genome analysis of Bombyx mori, we have constructed an EST database. Because gene expression patterns deeply depend on tissues as well as developmental stages, we analyzed many cDNA libraries prepared from various tissues and different developmental stages to cover the entire set of Bombyx genes. So far, the Bombyx EST database contains 35,000 ESTs from 36 cDNA libraries, which are grouped into approximately 11,000 nonredundant ESTs with the average length of 1.25 kb. The comparison with FlyBase suggests that the present EST database, SilkBase, covers >55% of all genes of Bombyx. The fraction of library-specific ESTs in each cDNA library indicates that we have not yet reached saturation, showing the validity of our strategy for constructing an EST database to cover all genes. To tackle the coming saturation problem, we have checked two methods, subtraction and normalization, to increase coverage and decrease the number of housekeeping genes, resulting in a 5-11% increase of library-specific ESTs. The identification of a number of genes and comprehensive cloning of gene families have already emerged from the SilkBase search. Direct links of SilkBase with FlyBase and WormBase provide ready identification of candidate Lepidoptera-specific genes.
巻・号 100(24)
ページ 14121-6
公開日 2003-11-25
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2234984100
PII 2234984100
PMID 14614147
PMC PMC283556
MeSH Amino Acid Sequence Animals Bombyx / genetics* Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / genetics DNA, Complementary / genetics Databases, Genetic* Expressed Sequence Tags* Gene Library Insect Proteins / genetics Molecular Sequence Data Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
IF 9.412
引用数 215
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
リソース情報
カイコ EST database Silkbase