EST Database

2015-01-13

azim58 - EST Database

Expressed Sequence Tag Database

what exactly is an EST database again? how is it constructed

An expressed sequence tag or EST is a short sub-sequence of a cDNA
sequence.
An EST results from one-shot sequencing of a cloned cDNA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressed_sequence_tag

How to download pubmed est database

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/repository/dbEST/Daily.FASTA/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/dbest/dbest_access/

Hojoon has the EST database downloaded here:
S:\Research\Cancer_Eradication\HoJoon\HoJoon_DB\est_human_0907_2008