Briefings in Functional Genomics Advance Access published online on November 19, 2007
Briefings in Functional Genomics, doi:10.1093/bfgp/elm024
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Transcriptomics resources for functional genomics
Corresponding author. Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Genome Exploration Research Group, Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan. E-mail: yoshide{at}gsc.riken.jp
For the past decade, extensive efforts have been made for establishing cDNA clone resources for various species. The most striking breakthrough has been full-length cDNA technology allowing cloning of intact RNA molecules as cDNA. These transcriptomics resources are providing researchers with essential tools for studies of functional genomics. Here, the importance of quality and availability of these resources is discussed.
Keywords: transcriptome, clone resource, FL-cDNA, ORF clones, DNA Book