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In 1997 the SCTFG (Swedish Center for Tree Functional Genomics) a collaboration between Umeå Plant Science Center (Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University and Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU Umeå) and the Department of Biotechnology, KTH Stockholm, started a high throughput EST-sequencing project of the hybrid aspen (Populus tremula x tretnuloides) (Sterky et al., 1998). Until spring 2002, the EST-initiative has generated more than 100 000 ESTs from 19 different cDNA libraries. The microarray facility has so far produced one 3000-element array and another 14000-element array which has been used in extensive expression studies. An array including even more elements, representing all 100 000 ESTs, will be produced in the near future. As eight of the cDNA libraries are wood related the SCTFG makes an exceptional platform for the identification of genes and enzymes controlling critical steps in the wood formation process.
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Aspeborg, H. et al. (2003). Functional Genomics of Wood Formation in Hybrid Aspen. In: Vasil, I.K. (eds) Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2679-5_93
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