Marco A. Marra

A conifer genomics resource of 200,000 spruce (Piceaspp.) ESTs and 6,464 high-quality, sequence-finished full-length cDNAs for Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) (2008)

Ralph, Steven G, Chun, Hye, Kolosova, Natalia, Cooper, Dawn, Oddy, Claire, Ritland, Carol E, ...

Abstract Background Members of the pine family (Pinaceae), especially species of spruce ( Picea spp.) and pine ( Pinus spp.), dominate many of the world's temperate and boreal forests. These conifer...

Identification of a set of genes showing regionally enriched expression in the mouse brain (2008)

D'Souza, Cletus A, Chopra, Vikramjit, Varhol, Richard, Xie, Yuan-Yun, Bohacec, Slavita, Zhao, Yongjun, ...

Abstract Background The Pleiades Promoter Project aims to improve gene therapy by designing human mini-promoters (< 4 kb) that drive gene expression in specific brain regions or cell-types of...

Transcriptome analysis for Caenorhabditis elegansbased on novel expressed sequence tags (2008)

Shin, Heesun, Hirst, Martin, Bainbridge, Matthew N, Magrini, Vincent, Mardis, Elaine, Moerman, Donald G, ...

Abstract Background We have applied a high-throughput pyrosequencing technology for transcriptome profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans in its first larval stage. Using this approach, we have generated...

Identification of transcripts with enriched expression in the developing and adult pancreas (2008)

Hoffman, Brad G, Zavaglia, Bogard, Witzsche, Joy, Ruiz De Algara, Teresa, Beach, Mike, Hoodless, Pamela A, ...

Abstract Background Despite recent advances, the transcriptional hierarchy driving pancreas organogenesis remains largely unknown, in part due to the paucity of comprehensive analyses. To address...

Analysis of 4,664 high-quality sequence-finished poplar full-length cDNA clones and their utility for the discovery of genes responding to insect feeding (2008)

Ralph, Steven G, Chun, Hye Jung E, Cooper, Dawn, Kirkpatrick, Robert, Kolosova, Natalia, Gunter, Lee, ...

Abstract Background The genus Populus includes poplars, aspens and cottonwoods, which will be collectively referred to as poplars hereafter unless otherwise specified. Poplars are the dominant tree...

Assessment of algorithms for high throughput detection of genomic copy number variation in oligonucleotide microarray data (2007)

Baross, Ágnes, Delaney, Allen D, Li, H Irene, Nayar, Tarun, Flibotte, Stephane, Qian, Hong, ...

Abstract Background Genomic deletions and duplications are important in the pathogenesis of diseases, such as cancer and mental retardation, and have recently been shown to occur frequently in...

High-Throughput In Vivo Analysis of Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans (2007)

Rebecca Hunt-Newbury, Ryan Viveiros, Robert Johnsen, Allan Mah, Dina Anastas, Lily Fang, ...

Using DNA sequences 5′ to open reading frames, we have constructed green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions and generated spatial and temporal tissue expression profiles for 1,886 specific genes in...

A physical map of the bovine genome (2007)

Snelling, Warren M, Chiu, Readman, Schein, Jacqueline E, Hobbs, Matthew, Abbey, Colette A, Adelson, David L, ...

Abstract Background Cattle are important agriculturally and relevant as a model organism. Previously described genetic and radiation hybrid (RH) maps of the bovine genome have been used to identify...

A systematic screen for genes expressed in definitive endoderm by Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) (2007)

Hou, Juan, Charters, Anita M, Lee, Sam C, Zhao, Yongjun, Wu, Mona K, Jones, Steven JM, ...

Abstract Background The embryonic definitive endoderm (DE) gives rise to organs of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract including the liver, pancreas and epithelia of the lung and colon....

Correlations of EGFRmutations and increases in EGFRand HER2copy number to gefitinib response in a retrospective analysis of lung cancer patients (2007)

Pugh, Trevor J, Bebb, Gwyn, Barclay, Lorena, Sutcliffe, Margaret, Fee, John, Salski, Chris, ...

Abstract Background Gefitinib, a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor ( EGFR ), has shown limited efficacy in the treatment of lung cancer. Recognized...

LongSAGE profiling of nine human embryonic stem cell lines (2007)

Hirst, Martin, Delaney, Allen, Rogers, Sean A, Schnerch, Angelique, Persaud, Deryck R, O'Connor, Michael D, ...

Abstract To facilitate discovery of novel human embryonic stem cell (ESC) transcripts, we generated 2.5 million LongSAGE tags from 9 human ESC lines. Analysis of this data revealed that ESCs express...

Novel expressed sequences identified in a model of androgen independent prostate cancer (2007)

Quayle, Steven N, Hare, Heidi, Delaney, Allen D, Hirst, Martin, Hwang, Dorothy, Schein, Jacqueline E, ...

Abstract Background Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in American men, and few effective treatment options are available to patients who develop hormone-refractory prostate...

Analysis of the prostate cancer cell line LNCaP transcriptome using a sequencing-by-synthesis approach (2006)

Bainbridge, Matthew N, Warren, René L, Hirst, Martin, Romanuik, Tammy, Zeng, Thomas, Go, Anne, ...

Abstract Background High throughput sequencing-by-synthesis is an emerging technology that allows the rapid production of millions of bases of data. Although the sequence reads are short, they can...

High-throughput sequencing: a failure mode analysis (2005)

Yang, George S, Stott, Jeffery M, Smailus, Duane, Barber, Sarah A, Balasundaram, Miruna, Marra, Marco A, ...

Abstract Background Basic manufacturing principles are becoming increasingly important in high-throughput sequencing facilities where there is a constant drive to increase quality, increase...

The Genome Sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A Platform for Comparative Genomics (2003)

Lincoln D. Stein, Zhirong Bao, Darin Blasiar, Thomas Blumenthal, Michael R. Brent, Nansheng Chen, ...

With the Caenorhabditis briggsae genome now in hand, C. elegans biologists have a powerful new research tool to refine their knowledge of gene function in C. elegans and to study the path of genome...

The Genome Sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A Platform for Comparative Genomics (2003)

Lincoln D. Stein, Zhirong Bao, Darin Blasiar, Thomas Blumenthal, Michael R. Brent, Nansheng Chen, ...

The soil nematodes Caenorhabditis briggsae and Caenorhabditis elegans diverged from a common ancestor roughly 100 million years ago and yet are almost indistinguishable by eye. They have the same...

A Public Database for Gene Expression in Human Cancers (2002)

Anita Lal, Alex E. Lash, Stephen F. Altschul, Victor Velculescu, Lin Zhang, Roger E. Mclendon, ...

A public database, SAGEmap, was created as a component of the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project to provide a central location for depositing, retrieving, and analyzing human gene expression data. This...

An efficient strategy for large-scale high-throughput transposon-mediated sequencing of cDNA clones

Butterfield, Yaron S. N., Marra, Marco A., Asano, Jennifer K., Chan, Susanna Y., Guin, Ranabir, Krzywinski, Martin I., ...

We describe an efficient high-throughput method for accurate DNA sequencing of entire cDNA clones. Developed as part of our involvement in the Mammalian Gene Collection full-length cDNA sequencing...

Systematic sequencing of cDNA clones using the transposon Tn5

Shevchenko, Yuriy, Bouffard, Gerard G., Butterfield, Yaron S. N., Blakesley, Robert W., Hartley, James L., Young, Alice C., ...

In parallel with the production of genomic sequence data, attention is being focused on the generation of comprehensive cDNA-sequence resources. Such efforts are increasingly emphasizing the...

Physical Maps for Genome Analysis of Serotype A and D Strains of the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Schein, Jacqueline E., Tangen, Kristin L., Chiu, Readman, Shin, Heesun, Lengeler, Klaus B., MacDonald, William Kim, ...

The basidiomycete fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is an important opportunistic pathogen of humans that poses a significant threat to immunocompromised individuals. Isolates of C. neoformans are...

The Genome Sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A Platform for Comparative Genomics

Stein, Lincoln D, Bao, Zhirong, Blasiar, Darin, Blumenthal, Thomas, Brent, Michael R, Chen, Nansheng, ...

The soil nematodes Caenorhabditis briggsae and Caenorhabditis elegans diverged from a common ancestor roughly 100 million years ago and yet are almost indistinguishable by eye. They have the same...

High Throughput Fingerprint Analysis of Large-Insert Clones

Marra, Marco A., Kucaba, Tamara A., Dietrich, Nicole L., Green, Eric D., Brownstein, Buddy, Wilson, Richard K., ...

As part of the Human Genome Project, the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center has commenced systematic sequencing of human chromsome 7. To organize and supply the effort, we have undertaken...

Functional Genomics in Caenorhabditis elegans: An Approach Involving Comparisons of Sequences from Related Nematodes

Thacker, Colin, Marra, Marco A., Jones, Alana, Baillie, David L., Rose, Ann M.

Comparative genomic analysis was used to investigate the gene structure of the bli-4 locus from two related Caenorhabditis species, C. elegans and C. briggsae. In C. elegans, bli-4 is a complex gene...

The CMT2D Locus: Refined Genetic Position and Construction of a Bacterial Clone-Based Physical Map

Ellsworth, Rachel E., Ionasescu, Victor, Searby, Charles, Sheffield, Val C., Braden, Valerie V., Kucaba, Tamara A., ...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a progressive neuropathy of the peripheral nervous system, typically characterized by muscle weakness of the distal limbs. CMT is noted for its genetic...

Identifying Potential Tumor Markers and Antigens by Database Mining and Rapid Expression Screening

Loging, W. Troy, Lal, Anita, Siu, I-Mei, Loney, Tania L., Wikstrand, Carol J., Marra, Marco A., ...

Genes expressed specifically in malignant tissue may have potential as therapeutic targets but have been difficult to locate for most cancers. The information hidden within certain public databases...

Theories and Applications for Sequencing Randomly Selected Clones

Wendl, Michael C., Marra, Marco A., Hillier, LaDeana W., Chinwalla, Asif T., Wilson, Richard K., Waterston, Robert H.

Theory is developed for the process of sequencing randomly selected large-insert clones. Genome size, library depth, clone size, and clone distribution are considered relevant properties and perfect...

An Oligonucleotide Fingerprint Normalized and Expressed Sequence Tag Characterized Zebrafish cDNA Library

Clark, Matthew D., Hennig, Steffen, Herwig, Ralf, Clifton, Sandy W., Marra, Marco A., Lehrach, Hans, ...

The zebrafish is a powerful system for understanding the vertebrate genome, allowing the combination of genetic, molecular, and embryological analysis. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) provide a rapid...

Development and Application of a Salmonid EST Database and cDNA Microarray: Data Mining and Interspecific Hybridization Characteristics

Rise, Matthew L., Von Schalburg, Kristian R., Brown, Gordon D., Mawer, Melanie A., Devlin, Robert H., Kuipers, Nathanael, ...

We report 80,388 ESTs from 23 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) cDNA libraries (61,819 ESTs), 6 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cDNA libraries (14,544 ESTs), 2 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus...

Assessment of SAGE in Transcript Identification

Pleasance, Erin D., Marra, Marco A., Jones, Steven J.M.

An essential step in Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) is tag mapping, which refers to the unambiguous determination of the gene represented by a SAGE tag. Current resources for tag mapping...

Internet Contig Explorer (iCE)—A Tool for Visualizing Clone Fingerprint Maps

Fjell, Christopher D., Bosdet, Ian, Schein, Jacqueline E., Jones, Steven J.M., Marra, Marco A.

Fingerprinted clone physical maps have proven useful in various applications, supporting both whole-genome and region-specific DNA sequencing as well as gene cloning studies. Fingerprint maps have...

Software for Automated Analysis of DNA Fingerprinting Gels

Fuhrmann, Daniel R., Krzywinski, Martin I., Chiu, Readman, Saeedi, Parvaneh, Schein, Jacqueline E., Bosdet, Ian E., ...

Here we describe software tools for the automated detection of DNA restriction fragments resolved on agarose fingerprinting gels. We present a mathematical model for the location and shape of the...

A set of BAC clones spanning the human genome

Krzywinski, Martin, Bosdet, Ian, Smailus, Duane, Chiu, Readman, Mathewson, Carrie, Wye, Natasja, ...

Using the human bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) fingerprint-based physical map, genome sequence assembly and BAC end sequences, we have generated a fingerprint-validated set of 32 855 BAC...

Functional Characterization of a Catabolic Plasmid from Polychlorinated- Biphenyl-Degrading Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1† ‡

Warren, René, Hsiao, William W. L., Kudo, Hisashi, Myhre, Matt, Dosanjh, Manisha, Petrescu, Anca, ...

Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1, a potent polychlorinated-biphenyl (PCB)-degrading strain, contains three linear plasmids ranging in size from 330 to 1,100 kb. As part of a genome sequencing project, we...

Systematic Recovery and Analysis of Full-ORF Human cDNA Clones

Baross, Ágnes, Butterfield, Yaron S.N., Coughlin, Shaun M., Zeng, Thomas, Griffith, Malachi, Griffith, Obi L., ...

The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) consortium (http://mgc.nci.nih.gov) seeks to establish publicly available collections of full-ORF cDNAs for several organisms of significance to biomedical...

Analysis of long-lived C. elegans daf-2 mutants using serial analysis of gene expression

Halaschek-Wiener, Julius, Khattra, Jaswinder S., McKay, Sheldon, Pouzyrev, Anatoli, Stott, Jeff M., Yang, George S., ...

We have identified longevity-associated genes in a long-lived Caenorhabditis elegans daf-2 (insulin/IGF receptor) mutant using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE), a method that efficiently...

Simple, robust methods for high-throughput nanoliter-scale DNA sequencing

Smailus, Duane E., Marziali, Andre, Dextras, Philip, Marra, Marco A., Holt, Robert A.

We have developed high-throughput DNA sequencing methods that generate high quality data from reactions as small as 400 nL, providing an approximate order of magnitude reduction in reagent use...

A mouse atlas of gene expression: Large-scale digital gene-expression profiles from precisely defined developing C57BL/6J mouse tissues and cells

Siddiqui, Asim S., Khattra, Jaswinder, Delaney, Allen D., Zhao, Yongjun, Astell, Caroline, Asano, Jennifer, ...

We analyzed 8.55 million LongSAGE tags generated from 72 libraries. Each LongSAGE library was prepared from a different mouse tissue. Analysis of the data revealed extensive overlap with existing...

A high-resolution whole-genome cattle–human comparative map reveals details of mammalian chromosome evolution

Larkin, Denis M., Green, Cheryl A., Elliott, Janice S., Olmstead, Colleen A., Chiu, Readman, ...

Approximately 3,000 cattle bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-end sequences were added to the Illinois–Texas 5,000-rad RH (RH, radiation hybrid) map. The BAC-end sequences selected for mapping...

Identification by full-coverage array CGH of human DNA copy number increases relative to chimpanzee and gorilla

Wilson, Gary M., Flibotte, Stephane, Missirlis, Perseus I., Marra, Marco A., Jones, Steven, Thornton, Kevin, ...

Duplication of chromosomal segments and associated genes is thought to be a primary mechanism for generating evolutionary novelty. By comparative genome hybridization using a full-coverage (tiling)...

Sequence biases in large scale gene expression profiling data

Siddiqui, Asim S., Delaney, Allen D., Schnerch, Angelique, Griffith, Obi L., Jones, Steven J. M., Marra, Marco A.

We present the results of a simple, statistical assay that measures the G+C content sensitivity bias of gene expression experiments without the requirement of a duplicate experiment. We analyse five...

Physical map-assisted whole-genome shotgun sequence assemblies

Warren, René L., Varabei, Dmitry, Platt, Darren, Huang, Xiaoqiu, Messina, David, Yang, Shiaw-Pyng, ...

We describe a targeted approach to improve the contiguity of whole-genome shotgun sequence (WGS) assemblies at run-time, using information from Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC)-based physical...

Sequencing and analysis of 10,967 full-length cDNA clones from Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis reveals post-tetraploidization transcriptome remodeling

Morin, Ryan D., Chang, Elbert, Petrescu, Anca, Liao, Nancy, Griffith, Malachi, Kirkpatrick, Robert, ...

Sequencing of full-insert clones from full-length cDNA libraries from both Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis has been ongoing as part of the Xenopus Gene Collection Initiative. Here we present...

An efficient strategy for large-scale high-throughput transposon-mediated sequencing of cDNA clones

Butterfield, Yaron S. N., Marra, Marco A., Asano, Jennifer K., Chan, Susanna Y., Guin, Ranabir, Krzywinski, Martin I., ...

We describe an efficient high-throughput method for accurate DNA sequencing of entire cDNA clones. Developed as part of our involvement in the Mammalian Gene Collection full-length cDNA sequencing...

Systematic sequencing of cDNA clones using the transposon Tn5

Shevchenko, Yuriy, Bouffard, Gerard G., Butterfield, Yaron S. N., Blakesley, Robert W., Hartley, James L., Young, Alice C., ...

In parallel with the production of genomic sequence data, attention is being focused on the generation of comprehensive cDNA-sequence resources. Such efforts are increasingly emphasizing the...

Physical Maps for Genome Analysis of Serotype A and D Strains of the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Schein, Jacqueline E., Tangen, Kristin L., Chiu, Readman, Shin, Heesun, Lengeler, Klaus B., MacDonald, William Kim, ...

The basidiomycete fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is an important opportunistic pathogen of humans that poses a significant threat to immunocompromised individuals. Isolates of C. neoformans are...

The Genome Sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A Platform for Comparative Genomics

Stein, Lincoln D, Bao, Zhirong, Blasiar, Darin, Blumenthal, Thomas, Brent, Michael R, Chen, Nansheng, ...

The soil nematodes Caenorhabditis briggsae and Caenorhabditis elegans diverged from a common ancestor roughly 100 million years ago and yet are almost indistinguishable by eye. They have the same...

High Throughput Fingerprint Analysis of Large-Insert Clones

Marra, Marco A., Kucaba, Tamara A., Dietrich, Nicole L., Green, Eric D., Brownstein, Buddy, Wilson, Richard K., ...

As part of the Human Genome Project, the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center has commenced systematic sequencing of human chromsome 7. To organize and supply the effort, we have undertaken...

Functional Genomics in Caenorhabditis elegans: An Approach Involving Comparisons of Sequences from Related Nematodes

Thacker, Colin, Marra, Marco A., Jones, Alana, Baillie, David L., Rose, Ann M.

Comparative genomic analysis was used to investigate the gene structure of the bli-4 locus from two related Caenorhabditis species, C. elegans and C. briggsae. In C. elegans, bli-4 is a complex gene...

The CMT2D Locus: Refined Genetic Position and Construction of a Bacterial Clone-Based Physical Map

Ellsworth, Rachel E., Ionasescu, Victor, Searby, Charles, Sheffield, Val C., Braden, Valerie V., Kucaba, Tamara A., ...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a progressive neuropathy of the peripheral nervous system, typically characterized by muscle weakness of the distal limbs. CMT is noted for its genetic...

Identifying Potential Tumor Markers and Antigens by Database Mining and Rapid Expression Screening

Loging, W. Troy, Lal, Anita, Siu, I-Mei, Loney, Tania L., Wikstrand, Carol J., Marra, Marco A., ...

Genes expressed specifically in malignant tissue may have potential as therapeutic targets but have been difficult to locate for most cancers. The information hidden within certain public databases...

Theories and Applications for Sequencing Randomly Selected Clones

Wendl, Michael C., Marra, Marco A., Hillier, LaDeana W., Chinwalla, Asif T., Wilson, Richard K., Waterston, Robert H.

Theory is developed for the process of sequencing randomly selected large-insert clones. Genome size, library depth, clone size, and clone distribution are considered relevant properties and perfect...

An Oligonucleotide Fingerprint Normalized and Expressed Sequence Tag Characterized Zebrafish cDNA Library

Clark, Matthew D., Hennig, Steffen, Herwig, Ralf, Clifton, Sandy W., Marra, Marco A., Lehrach, Hans, ...

The zebrafish is a powerful system for understanding the vertebrate genome, allowing the combination of genetic, molecular, and embryological analysis. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) provide a rapid...

Development and Application of a Salmonid EST Database and cDNA Microarray: Data Mining and Interspecific Hybridization Characteristics

Rise, Matthew L., Von Schalburg, Kristian R., Brown, Gordon D., Mawer, Melanie A., Devlin, Robert H., Kuipers, Nathanael, ...

We report 80,388 ESTs from 23 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) cDNA libraries (61,819 ESTs), 6 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cDNA libraries (14,544 ESTs), 2 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus...

Assessment of SAGE in Transcript Identification

Pleasance, Erin D., Marra, Marco A., Jones, Steven J.M.

An essential step in Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) is tag mapping, which refers to the unambiguous determination of the gene represented by a SAGE tag. Current resources for tag mapping...

Internet Contig Explorer (iCE)—A Tool for Visualizing Clone Fingerprint Maps

Fjell, Christopher D., Bosdet, Ian, Schein, Jacqueline E., Jones, Steven J.M., Marra, Marco A.

Fingerprinted clone physical maps have proven useful in various applications, supporting both whole-genome and region-specific DNA sequencing as well as gene cloning studies. Fingerprint maps have...