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The RIKEN Mouse Gene Encyclopedia Project, a systematic approach to determining the full coding potential of the mouse genome, involves collection and sequencing of full-length complementary DNAs and physical mapping of the corresponding genes to the mouse genome. We, the RIKEN Genome Exploration Research (GER) group, have organized an international meeting (FANTOM) last summer to annotate our first 21,076 cDNAs. The outcome was published in Nature vol.409, page 685-690.
After FANTOM meeting, RIKEN group has been continued to construct mouse fully-length cDNAs. For annotating these new and large collection of cDNAs with advanced strategy, we hold FANTOM2 collaborative research.

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