About the 15K set

Origin

The 15K set is comprised of 15,289 UniGene clusters, each of which represents a unique human gene. At least one sequence in each cluster corresponds to a physical cDNA clone that is available from the IMAGE consortium. The 15K set of clones has been re-arrayed from the original libraries by Research Genetics. The 15K sequences represent a collection of "potentially interesting" genes with which to test large-scale, high-throughput gene expression technologies.

Criterion

All sequences selected from inclusion in the 15K set meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Correspondence to a named or functionally-cloned gene
• Inclusion on the Human Transcript Map
• Significant similarity to known proteins in the SwissProt Database
• Specific research interest of collaborators

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