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.
Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Yutaka
Y
Satou
Lixy
L
Yamada
Yasuaki
Y
Mochizuki
Naohito
N
Takatori
Takeshi
T
Kawashima
Akane
A
Sasaki
Makoto
M
Hamaguchi
Satoko
S
Awazu
Kasumi
K
Yagi
Yasunori
Y
Sasakura
Akie
A
Nakayama
Hisayoshi
H
Ishikawa
Kazuo
K
Inaba
Nori
N
Satoh
D000818:Animals; D002938:Ciona intestinalis / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D016678:Genome
D018076:DNA, Complementary