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High-throughput Gene Tagging in Trypanosoma brucei
Published on: August 12, 2016
试类寄生虫原生动物的比较基因组学
Najib M El-Sayed1, Peter J Myler, Gaëlle Blandin
1Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. nelsayed@tigr.org
概括
对Trypanosoma brucei,Trypanosoma cruzi和Leishmania major的比较基因组学揭示了一个保存的核心蛋白质组和特定物种的基因扩展. 这些寄生虫原生动物没有共同的光合作用内共生祖先.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 寄生虫学的寄生虫学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- trypanosoma brucei,trypanosoma cruzi和leishmania major是相关的原生虫寄生虫,它们负责人类重大疾病.
- 这些寄生虫表现出不同的生命周期和疾病病理,表明潜在的基因组差异.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较T. brucei,T. cruzi和L. major的基因含量和基因组结构.
- 为了确定保存和特定物种的基因组特征.
- 为了研究进化史,包括内共生生物的存在.
主要方法:
- 对T. brucei,T. cruzi和L. major进行比较基因组分析.
- 基因集群,合成区域和特定物种基因的识别和表征.
- 对复原元,结构RNA和基因家族扩展的分析.
主要成果:
- 在大型,合成,多晶基因基因集群中确定了大约6200个基因的保存核心蛋白质组.
- 特定物种的基因,特别是表面抗原家族,位于非合成,内部和亚端粒区域.
- 基因组塑造涉及复原元,结构RNA,基因家族扩张,分歧,收购/损失和重排,通常与合成不连续性有关.
- 没有证据支持一种具有光合作用内生体的祖先.
结论:
- 这些试类动物的基因组的特点是保存的核心和广泛的特定物种适应.
- 基因组架构反映了塑造寄生虫多样性和病原性的进化过程.
- 这些发现驳斥了这些寄生虫中存在光合作用内共生祖先的假设.
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