Integrative characterization of germ cell-specific genes from mouse spermatocyte UniGene library

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Classification of genes in the spermatocyte library

Gene entries from the spermatocyte UniGene library were classified into known and unknown genes, or testis-specific and non-testis-specific genes. Genes with >90% testicular ESTs of total ESTs, including three non-testicular tissues at most, were classified as testis-specific genes. One hundred thirty four genes selected from the earlier version of the library were analyzed in vitro to determine whether they are authentic genes with abundant and evident testis-specific expression. All of the 134 genes are listed in Table 2.

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