Table 1.
Details of the Four cDNA Prostate Libraries Used as Example Data for the Analysis
| Library ID | Tissue ID | Type | Number of ESTs sequenced | Number of UniGene clusters |
| Pr1 | 46.1 | Normal epithelium | 5689 | 1441 |
| Pr2 | 46.2 | PIN low grade | 5688 | 1692 |
| Pr3 | 46.3 | Invasive prostatic tumor | 5173 | 1396 |
| Pr4 | 46.4 | PIN high grade | 649 | 276 |
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Note. The four libraries used for the example analysis are all from the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ncicgap/). They have all been prepared from the same patient, using microdissection and plasmid cloning techniques (Krizman et al. 1996). Each library represents a different level of prostate pathology ranging from normal epithelium, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) to invasive prostatic tumor. Note that library Pr4 had fewer clones sequenced than the other libraries.
