PUBLICATION
Target selection for Danio rerio functional genomics
- Authors
- Klee, E.W., Ekker, S.C., and Ellis, L.B.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-010917-3
- Date
- 2001
- Source
- Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) 30(3): 123-125 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Ekker, Stephen C., Klee, Eric W.
- Keywords
- functional genomics; secreted proteins; zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Databases as Topic
- Expressed Sequence Tags
- Genomics*
- Protein Sorting Signals/genetics
- Protein Sorting Signals/physiology*
- Proteome*
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology
- Software
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 11477688 Full text @ Genesis
Citation
Klee, E.W., Ekker, S.C., and Ellis, L.B.M. (2001) Target selection for Danio rerio functional genomics. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 30(3):123-125.
Abstract
Secreted proteins are of interest as targets for morpholino technology since they frequently mediate cell-cell interactions. Most are identified through the presence of an N-terminal signal sequence. Proteins from the zebrafish Danio rerio containing such signal sequences will be easy to detect with the publication of the complete genome, expected by the end of 2003 (Sanger Centre, 2000). Until then, most zebrafish proteins are only available as translated Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) that often lack N-terminal residues. Interim innovative techniques for the identification of EST-derived proteins predicted to contain signal sequences are needed. Here we describe the use of genetic homology among eukaryotes as a basis for selecting a subset of zebrafish sequences with high probability of encoding secreted proteins. We estimate there are 1,000-2,000 gene families encoding these proteins in the zebrafish genome.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping