A Gene Expression Map for Caenorhabditis elegans

TitleA Gene Expression Map for Caenorhabditis elegans
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsKim, SK, Lund, J, Kiraly, M, Duke, K, Jiang, M, Stuart, JM, Eizinger, A, Wylie, BN, Davidson, GS
JournalScience
Volume293
Pagination2087-2092
AbstractWe have assembled data from Caenorhabditis elegans DNA microarray experiments involving many growth conditions, developmental stages, and varieties of mutants. Co-regulated genes were grouped together and visualized in a three-dimensional expression map that displays correlations of gene expression profiles as distances in two dimensions and gene density in the third dimension. The gene expression map can be used as a gene discovery tool to identify genes that are co-regulated with known sets of genes (such as heat shock, growth control genes, germ line genes, and so forth) or to uncover previously unknown genetic functions (such as genomic instability in males and sperm caused by specific transposons).
URLhttp://www.sciencemag.org/content/293/5537/2087.abstract
DOI10.1126/science.1061603
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