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

Brad G Hoffman1, Bogard Zavaglia1, Joy Witzsche1, Teresa Ruiz de Algara1, Mike Beach1, Pamela A Hoodless3,2, Steven JM Jones3,4, Marco A Marra3,4 and Cheryl D Helgason1,5*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Cancer Endocrinology, BC Cancer Research Center, West 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1L3, Canada

2 Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research Center, West 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1L3, Canada

3 Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada

4 Micheal Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, West 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada

5 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4E3, Canada

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Genome Biology 2008, 9:R99 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-r99

Published: 14 June 2008

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Additional data file 1:

Number and percentage of tags that map to known pancreas ESTs or transcripts as a function of minimum tag count.

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Additional data file 2:

Tag counts for the 2,536 tags used in our SAGE tag K-means cluster analysis.

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Additional data file 3:

Percentage of genes identified as Pdx1 EGFP+, Neurog EGFP+, or Islet enriched by Gu et al. [22] in each of the identified K-means cluster groups.

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Additional data file 4:

GenePaint-based staining classification results.

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Additional data file 5:

Genes and primer sequences used in qRT-PCR validation studies.

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Additional data file 6:

Binding information for identified transcription factors.

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