Table 2.

Comparison of the Three Gene-Finding Methods Used to Construct the Hemochromatosis Region Transcript Map

Bacterial clone cDNA no. Homology DS[i] Exon trap[ii] Sample sequencing[iii]
pc157c328zinc finger21EST03556
pc157c330nonhistone1noneyv81d05 yvh07a10
pc157c346ORF1yd88g11
pc157c320BTnone3none
p196e2021BTF145yn01g05 yg23d08 yg57h09 yu15h03
p196e2029BTF329ye26g03 yo65f06
p196e2023BTF446yd17d06
pc45p2144BTF524ys04h08
pc45p2132BTF273yg78f10 yn01c05
b13e1741genomic?none1none
b132a243genomic?none3none
b132a236genomic?1nonenone
b132a237histone 2A3noneym29g03 yh87a03
b132a224MHC class 112ye98g01
b132a239genomic?none4none
pc75l1427Ro/SSA34none
b20h2022BNPT1-like17yr42a05 yf09g06
b20h2022ENPT1-like25none
b136i7NPT1NPT1N/A3yp74c05

[i] Number of DS contigs found to align with each cDNA. The number of clones contained within a contig and length of the contig varied.

[ii] Number of individual exons trapped for each cDNA. Each exon may have been trapped numerous times.

[iii] EST trace identifier numbers.