3,400 new expressed sequence tags identify diversity of transcripts in human brain
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Genetics
- Vol. 4 (3), 256-267
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0793-256
Abstract
We present the results of the partial sequencing of over 3,400 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from human brain cDNA clones, which increases the number of distinct genes expressed in the brain, that are represented by ESTs, to about 6,000. By choosing clones in an unbiased manner, it is possible to construct a profile of the transcriptional activity of the brain at different stages. Proteins that comprise the cytoskeleton are the most abundant; however, a large variety of regulatory proteins are also seen. About half of the ESTs predicted to contain a protein-coding region have no matches in the public peptide databases and may represent new gene families.Keywords
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