A cDNA resource from the basal chordate Ciona intestinalis.
The genome of the basal choradate Ciona intestinalis contains a basic set of genes with less redundancy compared to the vertebrate genome. Extensive EST analyses, cDNA sequencing, and clustering yielded "Ciona intestinalis Gene Collection Release 1," which contains cDNA clones for 13,464 genes, covering nearly 85% of the Ciona mRNA species. This release is ready for use in cDNA cloning, micro/macroarray analysis, and other comprehensive genome-wide analyses for further molecular studies of basal chordates.
Satou
Yutaka
Y
Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Yamada
Lixy
L
Mochizuki
Yasuaki
Y
Takatori
Naohito
N
Kawashima
Takeshi
T
Sasaki
Akane
A
Hamaguchi
Makoto
M
Awazu
Satoko
S
Yagi
Kasumi
K
Sasakura
Yasunori
Y
Nakayama
Akie
A
Ishikawa
Hisayoshi
H
Inaba
Kazuo
K
Satoh
Nori
N
D000818:Animals; D002938:Ciona intestinalis / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D016678:Genome
D018076:DNA, Complementary