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High-throughput Gene Tagging in Trypanosoma brucei
Published on: August 12, 2016
トライパノソマチド寄生虫原生体の比較ゲノミクス
Najib M El-Sayed1, Peter J Myler, Gaëlle Blandin
1Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. nelsayed@tigr.org
まとめ
Trypanosoma brucei,Trypanosoma cruzi,およびLeishmania majorの比較ゲノミクスは,保存されたコアプロテオームと種固有の遺伝子拡張を明らかにしています. これらの寄生性原生動物は,光合成性エンドシンビオティック祖先を共有していません.
科学分野:
- ゲノミクスゲノミクスとは
- 寄生虫学とは,寄生虫学である.
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
背景:
- Trypanosoma brucei,Trypanosoma cruzi,およびLeishmania majorは,ヒトの重要な病気の原因となる親類である原生虫寄生虫である.
- これらの寄生虫は,異なるライフサイクルと疾患の病態を示しており,基底にあるゲノムの違いを示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- T. brucei,T. cruzi,およびL. major.の遺伝子内容とゲノム構造を比較するために.
- 保存され,種特有のゲノム特性を特定する.
- エンドシンビオンスの存在を含む進化史を調査する.
主な方法:
- T. brucei,T. cruzi,およびL. major.の比較ゲノム解析について
- 遺伝子クラスター,合成領域,および種固有の遺伝子の識別と特徴付け.
- レトロエレメント,構造RNA,遺伝子ファミリー拡張の分析.
主要な成果:
- 約6200の遺伝子の保存されたコアプロテオームは,大規模で合成的でポリシストロニックな遺伝子クラスターで特定されました.
- 種特有の遺伝子,特に表面抗原ファミリーは,非合成,内部,および亜テロメア領域に位置しています.
- ゲノム形成には,レトロエレメント,構造RNA,遺伝子ファミリー拡大,分岐,獲得/喪失,再編成が含まれ,しばしば合成不連続と関連しています.
- fotosynthetic endosymbiontを持つ祖先を裏付ける証拠はない.
結論:
- これらのトライパノソマチドのゲノムは,保存されたコアと広範な種特有の適応によって特徴付けられています.
- ゲノムアーキテクチャは,寄生虫の多様性と病原性を形成する進化過程を反映しています.
- この発見は,これらの寄生虫に fotosynthetic endosymbiotic の祖先があるという仮説を否定している.
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