In Silico Cloning of a New Protein Kinase, Aik2, Related to Drosophila Aurora Using the New Tool: EST Blast

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Prigent, Claude | Gill, Rob | Trower, Mike | Sanseau, Philippe

Affiliations: Departement de Biologie et Genetique du Developpement, CNRS UPR41, Université de Rennes I, 35042, Rennes, France | Advanced Technology and Informatics Unit, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, SG1 2NY, U.K. | Glaxo-Wellcome, Genome Informatics Group, Genomics Unit, UK

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Abstract: In this short communication we report for the first time to our knowledge the use of ESTBlast to in silico clone a new gene and a step by step description of this particular in silico cloning project.

Keywords: data mining, ESTs, in silico analysis, BLAST, protein kinase

Journal: In Silico Biology, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 123-128, 1999