BMC Genomics 2005, 6:130 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/6/130 FFuignuctrieon2al categories assigned to individual genes identified in normal cervical SAGE library Functional categories assigned to individual genes identified in normal cervical SAGE library. Genes can be assigned in different functional categories. aThe percentage was calculated with 3,764 initial genes from which 2,720 genes had Gene Ontology classification. Table 3: Genes belonging to 1q21 epidermal differentiation complex (EDC) expressed in cervical tissue TAG Sequence TAGS UniGene ID Gene ID Gene name TACCTGCAGA TTTCCTGCTC GTGGCCACGG GATCAGGCCA GATCTCTTGG AGCAGATCAG CGTGGGACAC CAGGCCCCAC ATGTGTAACG GAGCAGCGCC ATGATCCCTG TTGTGATGTA TTCCCTTACC GTCAGGGGAT CCCTTGAGGA CCCAGATGAT AACCCTAAAA GCAAATTTGA CAAGGATCTA CAAGGATCTA AGCCACTGCA aTPM: Tags per million. 515 276 184 18 17 15 12 12 8 7 7 7 6 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 TPMa 16930 9073 6049 591 558 493 394 394 263 230 230 230 197 164 164 131 65 65 65 65 65 Hs.416073 Hs.139322 Hs.112405 Hs.275243 Hs.38991 Hs.400250 Hs.110196 Hs.417004 Hs.81256 Hs.112408 Hs.355542 Hs.85844 Hs.244349 Hs. 12341 Hs.1076 Hs.7854 Hs.75117 Hs.6396 Hs.355906 Hs.490551 Hs.516439 S100A8 SPRR3 S100A9 S100A6 S100A2 S100A10 NICE-1 (C1orf42) S100A11 S100A4 S100A7 SPRR2A TPM3 LCE3D ADAR1 SPRR1B SLC39A1 ILF2 JTB NICE-3 (C1orf43) UBAP2L (NICE-4) IVL S100 calcium binding protein A8 Small proline-rich protein 3 S100 calcium binding protein A9 S100 calcium binding protein A12 S100 calcium binding protein A2 S100 calcium binding protein A10 Chromosome 1 open reading frame 42 S100 calcium binding protein A11 S100 calcium binding protein A4 S100 calcium binding protein A7 Small proline-rich protein 2A Tropomyosin 3 Late cornified envelope 3D ADAR Adenosine deaminase, RNA-specific Small proline-rich protein 1B (cornifin) Solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 1 Interleukin enhancer binding factor 2, 45 kDa Jumping translocation breakpoint Chromosome 1 open reading frame 43 Ubiquitin associated protein 2-like Involucrin better knowledge of cervical biology and physiology. In a near future, it could also provide an insight of cervical physiology or HPV infection and in other pathologies affecting cervical tissue. Methods Tissues Normal cervices were obtained from women with nega- tive Pap smears, confirmed by histopathological analysis, attending at the Dysplasia Clinic at General Hospital of Mexico, SS who had been subjected to hysterectomy due Page 6 of 9 (page number not for citation purposes)