NEDO Human cDNA Sequencing Project

OVERVIEW

The NEDO full-length human cDNA sequencing project involves a large-scale collection and sequencing of full-length cDNAs with the support of NEDO.

In 2001, about 160,000 clones were isolated from more than 20 full-length enriched human cDNA libraries made by the "Oligo-capping" method. Their 5'-end sequences were determined. Approximately 10,000 putatively full-length cDNAs were selected using these sequence data. The entire sequence of the selected clones was also determined. This project will continue for another 2 years with the aim to determine the sequence of an additional 20,000 full-length cDNA clones.

The NEDO project (FLJ sequences) is a joint program of three clone distributors: The University of Tokyo (Dr. S. Sugano); Helix Research Institute (Dr. T. Isogai); and Kazusa DNA Research Institute.

CONTACTS

Sumio Sugano
Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
ssugano@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

T. Isogai
Helix Research Institute
isogai@hri.co.jp

REFERENCE

Yudate HT, et al. HUNT: launch of a full-length cDNA database from the Helix Research Institute. Nucleic Acids Res 2001;29:185-188.

LINKS

NEDO Full Length cDNA homepage

NEDO Full-length human cDNA sequencing Project

NEDO database

Helix Research Institute

Kazusa DNA Research Institute