Discovery and characterization of 91 novel transcripts expressed in cattle placenta.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among the eutherian mammals, placental architecture varies to a greater extent than any other tissue. The diversity of placental types, even within a single mammalian order suggests that genes expressed in placenta are under strong Darwinian selection. Thus, the ruminant placenta may be a rich source of genes to explore adaptive evolutionary responses in mammals. The aim of our study was to identify novel transcripts expressed in ruminant placenta, and to characterize them with respect to their expression patterns, organization of coding sequences in the genome, and potential functions.

Results

A combination of bioinformatics, comparative genomics and transcript profiling was used to identify and characterize 91 novel transcripts (NTs) represented in a cattle plac

SUBMITTER: Kumar CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1884150 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature