title: RIKEN Arabidopsis full-length (RAFL) cDNA and its applications for expression profiling under abiotic stress conditions.
abstract: Full-length cDNAs are essential for the correct annotation of genomic sequences and for the functional analysis of genes and their products. 155,144 RIKEN Arabidopsis full-length (RAFL) cDNA clones were isolated. The 3'-end expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of all 155,144 RAFL cDNAs were clustered into 14,668 non-redundant cDNA groups, about 60% of predicted genes. The sequence database of the RAFL cDNAs is useful for promoter analysis and the correct annotation of predicted transcription units and gene products. Recently, cDNA microarray analysis has been developed for quantitative analysis of global and simultaneous analysis of expression profiles. RAFL cDNA microarrays were prepared, containing independent full-length cDNA groups for analysing the expression profiles of genes under various stress- and hormone-treatment conditions and in various mutants and transgenic plants. In this review, recent progress on transcriptome analysis using the RAFL cDNA microarray is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Plant Mutation Exploration Team, Plant Functional Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoaki
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authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satou
authors.forename: Tetsuya
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authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Kenji
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authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Kei
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authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Junko
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authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Akiko
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authors.lastname: Enju
authors.forename: Mari
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authors.lastname: Narusaka
authors.forename: Miki
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authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Youko
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authors.lastname: Oono
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant