What is HTC? – high throughput cDNA sequences

The HTC division of DDBJ/EMBL-Bank/GenBank is DDBJ/EMBL-Bank/GenBank contains draft sequence data derived from cDNA libraries created using full length insert cDNA (mRNA) cloning methods.
Like genome data (HTG), when sequences are considered to be finished level, the data will be moved from HTC to corresponding taxonomic division.

You can submit HTC data to DDBJ through Mass Submission System (MSS).

 

Notes on HTC/full length insert cDNA submission

Prior to your submission, remove regions of cloning vectors from your sequences.
Clone ID is required for clone qualifier.
It is strongly recommended to include qualifiers indicating expression conditions; tissue (tissue_type), developmental stage (dev_stage), mating type (mating_type or sex) and so on.
As mentioned above, HTC is different from EST assemble sequence.
Do not confuse with TSA: Transcriptome Shotgun Assembly.

 

Aspects of HTC/full length insert cDNA on DDBJ flat file

If the sequence is considered to be finished, LOCUS line provides the division name according to taxonomic lineage; either of "HUM", "PRI", "ROD", "MAM", "VRT", "INV" or "PLN".
If the sequence is not finished level, the division name is "HTC".
If the sequence is considered to be finished, KEYWORDS line provides the keyword, "FLI_CDNA".
If the sequence is not finished level, "HTC" is appeared as a keyword.
In HTC data, if the sequence is likely to be full length, it has a keyword, "HTC_FLI".
Optionally, KEYWORDS line provides some methodological keyword, "oligo capping", "CAP trapper" or the like.

 

Sample of HTC flat file

LOCUS       AK000000                1450 bp   mRNA     linear   HTC 15-OCT-2008
DEFINITION  Mus musculus mRNA for hypothetical protein, complete cds, clone:
            2310009A01, full insert sequence.
ACCESSION   AK000000
VERSION     AK000000.1
KEYWORDS    HTC; HTC_FLI; CAP trapper.
SOURCE      Mus musculus (house mouse)
  ORGANISM  Mus musculus
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
            Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia;
            Sciurognathi; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 1450)
  AUTHORS   Mishima,H., Yamada,T. and Liu,G.Q.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (30-SEP-2008) to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases.
            Contact:Hanako Mishima
            National Institute of Genetics, DNA Data Bank of Japan; Yata 1111,
            Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
REFERENCE   2
  AUTHORS   Mishima,H., Yamada,T., Park,C.S. and Liu,G.Q.
  TITLE     Mus musculus full-length enriched cDNA
  JOURNAL   Unpublished (2008)
COMMENT
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..1450
                     /clone="2310009A01"
                     /clone_lib="full-length enriched mouse cDNA library A01"
                     /db_xref="taxon:10090"
                     /dev_stage="adult"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /organism="Mus musculus"
                     /sex="male"
                     /tissue_type="tongue"
     CDS             124..1230
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="hypothetical protein"
                     /protein_id="BAA12348.1"
                     /transl_table=1
                     /translation="--- omitted ---"
BASE COUNT          399 a          323 c          398 g          330 t
ORIGIN
        1 agtcgcacga aggtttcggc cttatgggcg gacgggtgag taacgcgtag gaatctatcc
        :
        -- The rest of nucleotide sequence is omitted --
        :
//