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A new dimension for the human genome project: towards comprehensive expression maps

Nature Genetics volume 16, pages 126–132 (1997)Cite this article

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The current Human Genome Project is largely devoted to structural characterisation of our genome. We now need international co-ordination of a second phase of genome analysis, the systematic construction of expression maps using both basic and high-resolution expression assays. Databases recording different types of expression pattern for a variety of human cell types need to be established and co-ordinated. There is a compelling need for a database of gene expression in early human development, but the scarcity of human material for study requires optimisation of research strategies and co-ordination of expression studies in early human and mouse development.

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  1. Department of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Tom Strachan

  2. Laboratoire d'Embryologie Humaine, Université René Descartes, Paris, France

    Marc Abitbol

  3. MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

    Duncan Davidson

  4. Généthon, Evry, France

    Jacques S. Beckmann

  5. Fondation Jean Dausset-CEPH, Paris, France

    Jacques S. Beckmann

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