Full-length cDNA sequences from Rhesus monkey placenta tissue: analysis and utility for comparative mapping.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) are widely-used as experimental animals in biomedical research and are closely related to other laboratory macaques, such as cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis), and to humans, sharing a last common ancestor from about 25 million years ago. Although rhesus monkeys have been studied extensively under field and laboratory conditions, research has been limited by the lack of genetic resources. The present study generated placenta full-length cDNA libraries, characterized the resulting expressed sequence tags, and described their utility for comparative mapping with human RefSeq mRNA transcripts.

Results

From rhesus monkey placenta full-length cDNA libraries, 2000 full-length cDNA sequences were determined and 1835 rhesus placenta

SUBMITTER: Kim DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2996955 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature