X-Message-Number: 9965
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 02:55:56 -0700
From: crystal <>
Subject: Re: Chromosome DNA marker genes

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Ah, yes. I knew there were robots in the HGP. A Japanese institute had
been using them abet on small scale, I believe.

Of coz, the next step is to sort out the gene database (after
identifying the gene base-sequences), by giving it a windows interface,
and classify the x00,000s of identified genes into categories: whether
by RNA produced, amino acids formed, proteins formed, cellular
structures formed etc...etc...) 

Perhaps even calculate the chemicals produced for any chromosome group.
(You might need supercomputers for that though. Mabye a Hewlett-Packard.
Check out their web site.)

How did they get the '3 years' figure? Is this limited by the costs of
the robotic equipment?

Best Regards,
Crystal.

Ken Stone wrote:
> They've been doing mass robotic sequencing for several years now, but
> the HGP just got kicked into high gear in the beginning of May. Craig

> Venter, founder of The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) announced > a new
joint venture with the Perkin Elmer Corp.  
< cut >
> Until now, only about 3 percent of the Human Genome 
> has been sequenced; the new company plans to complete the job in 3 
> years. See http://www.tigr.org/new/press_release_may98.html for more 
> details.

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