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The remaining 1,288,203 EST features, largely unspliced (89.0%), were regarded as unreliable and discarded from further analyses.
Results for 57% of these annotated genes showed an overlap with genscan predictions and EST features that aligned with the same regions of the human genome.
The presence of bovine genscan predictions and other EST features in the same region suggested annotation or sequence assembly problems with the bovine genome in that particular position.
Masking is a crucial process that must be applied, especially in EST datasets, to prevent common EST features (such as linkers, poly-A tails and repeat sequences) from negatively influencing the clustering process.
ESTprep [ 80] and RepeatMasker [ 81] programs were used to assess the presence of the following EST features: vector cloning site, restriction site, polyadenylation tail and signal sequence, library tag, and potential contaminating sequences from Escherichia coli as described in [ 78].
ESTprep [ 39] and RepeatMasker (Smit and Green, unpublished data) programs were used to assess the presence of the following EST features: vector cloning site, restriction site, polyadenylation tail and signal sequence, library tag, and potential contaminating sequences from Escherichia coli, V. fischeri and vector as described in [ 17, 40].
The alignment of human gene sequences with the presence of genscan predictions or ESTs features together with the quality of the match, confirmed 80% of the sequences as potential "gene variants".
The hour-long NBC special, which premieres on Mon., Dec. 3 at 10 p.m. EST, will feature a duet with Shelton's mom, Dorothy Shackleford.
