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Nature Biotechnology 25, 473–477 (1 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/nbt1291

An expression atlas of rice mRNAs and small RNAs

Kan Nobuta , R C Venu , Cheng Lu , Andr|[eacute]| Bel|[oacute]| , Kalyan Vemaraju , Karthik Kulkarni , Wenzhong Wang , Manoj Pillay , Pamela J Green , Guo-liang Wang & Blake C Meyers

Identification of all expressed transcripts in a sequenced genome is essential both for genome analysis and for realization of the goals of systems biology. We used the transcriptional profiling technology called 'massively parallel signature sequencing' to develop a comprehensive expression atlas of rice (Oryza sativa cv Nipponbare).