Table 1.
C. elegans NR Genes Described in this Study
| A. Identified by degenerate PCR screen | |||||
| Chromosome | Gene | YACs | Genome ORF | cDNA (ESTs not sequenced) | Comments |
| II | nhr-41 | Y42F9, Y27F6, Y19D2, Y39E3 | |||
| III | nhr-6 | Y68C4, Y43E9 | C48D5.1 | pBS/nhr6, (yk446a12) | a.k.a. ceb-1 (Wilson et al. 1992); cnr-8 (Kostrouch et al. 1995) |
| IV | nhr-4 | Y37F11, Y43F7, Y49F10, Y39E2 | F32B6.1 | pBS/nhr4, (yk411a10) | |
| nhr-5 | Y73F8 | ||||
| nhr-7 | Y72H7, Y51B3, Y37G7 | F54D1.4 | yk396h7 | cDNA splicing different from genome ORF prediction | |
| V | nhr-18 | Y54G1, Y5H2 | F44C8.3a | pBS/nhr18 | upstream gene in potential operon |
| X | nhr-3 | Y52F5, Y52C11, Y43C6 | H01A20.b | pBS/nhr3 | cDNA splicing different from genome ORF prediction |
| nhr-17 | Y39F3, Y50C12, Y40C3 | C02B4.2 | |||
| B. EST cDNA sequences completed | ||||
| Genome ORF | ESTs | Comments | ||
| II | nhr-16 | T12C9.1? | CEESU44 | cDNA splicing different from ORF prediction |
| nhr-21 | F21D12.1 | cm2h1, yk77h11 | cDNAs reveal two isoforms | |
| IV | nhr-8 | F33D4.1 | cm14e12 | cDNA splicing different from ORF prediction |
| nhr-11 | ZC410.1 | cm7a11 | cDNA splicing different from ORF prediction | |
| V | nhr-13 | cm9g2 | ||
| nhr-15 | F33E11.1 | CEESV11 | ||
| X | nhr-14 | T01B10.4 | cm15g5 | cDNA splicing different from ORF prediction |
| nhr-24/sex-1 | F44A6.2 | cm11f5 | a.k.a.cnr-14 (Kostrouch et al. 1995) | |
