Rice EST projects. Oryza sativa

Large scale ESTs have been generated and sequenced from various tissues of O. sativa. ESTs not only contribute to gene expression and analysis, they also contribute towards developing genetic and physical maps. Currently about 300,000 rice ESTs exist in Genbank/DDBJ/EMBL database. Various laboratories have contributed to the data. Arizona Genomics Institute and Computational Laboratory have generated ESTs as part of the NSF funded project to study molecular basis of plant-pathogen interaction. Rice Genome Research Program (RGP) isolated and partially sequenced more than 29,000 cDNA clones from various tissues and calluses in rice (Nipponbare, a japonica variety). Other major contributors of ESTs are: Zhejiang University funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, China and the People's government of Zhejiang Province; National Center for Gene Research, China; Genomics and Genetics Institute, MyongJi University, Korea and University of Hyderabad, India