Pilot Anopheles gambiae full-length cDNA study: sequencing and initial characterization of 35,575 clones

Genome Biol. 2005;6(4):R39. doi: 10.1186/gb-2005-6-4-r39. Epub 2005 Mar 15.

Abstract

We describe the preliminary analysis of over 35,000 clones from a full-length enriched cDNA library from the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae. The clones define nearly 3,700 genes, of which around 2,600 significantly improve current gene definitions. An additional 17% of the genes were not previously annotated, suggesting that an equal percentage may be missing from the current Anopheles genome annotation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anopheles / genetics*
  • Base Composition / genetics
  • Cloning, Molecular*
  • DNA, Complementary / genetics*
  • Genes, Insect / genetics*
  • Open Reading Frames / genetics
  • Peptidoglycan / chemistry
  • Phylogeny
  • Pilot Projects
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*

Substances

  • DNA, Complementary
  • Peptidoglycan