The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)

Table 1.

Project Summary


Organism

Project start date

No. of ESTs generated

No. of genes targeted

No. of clones in the collectiona

No. of genes representeda (% of target)
A. Mammalian Gene Collection
Homo sapiens Summer 2000 1,470,000 All 15,565 11,289
Mus musculus Summer 2000 1,100,000 All 12,974 10,295
Rattus norvegicus Fall 2003 45,000 6200 658 641 (10)
B. Collaborating Projects
Xenopus laevis Fall 2002 194,000 9200 1981 1962 (22)
Xenopus tropicalis Spring 2003 59,000 6500 553 550 (8)
Danio rerio
Fall 2002
138,000
10,000
3436
3011 (30)
  • a As of March 8, 2004.

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  1. Genome Res. 14: 2121-2127

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