Journal article

Genomic-bioinformatic analysis of transcripts enriched in the third-stage larva of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum

CQ Huang, RB Gasser, C Cantacessi, AJ Nisbet, W Zhong, PW Sternberg, A Loukas, J Mulvenna, RQ Lin, N Chen, XQ Zhu

Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2008

Abstract

Differential transcription in Ascaris suum was investigated using a genomic-bioinformatic approach. A cDNA archive enriched for molecules in the Infective third-stage larva (L3) of A, suum was constructed by suppresive-subtractive hybridization (SSH), and a subset of cDNAs from 3075 dones subjected to microarray analysis using cDNA proves derived in the L3 were sequenced and subjected to bioinformatic analyses using semi-automated pipeline (ESTExplorer). Using gene ontology (GO), 235 of these molecules were assigned to 'biological process' (n = 68), 'cellular component' (n = 50), or 'molecular function' (n = 117). Of the 91 clusters assembled, 56 molecules (61.5%) had homologues/orthologues ..

View full abstract

University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China


Awarded by International Foundation for Science


Awarded by Scientific and Technological Programme of Guangdong Province


Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( grant no. 36071578), International Foundation for Science ( grant no. B/4018-1), the Scientific and Technological Programme of Guangdong Province ( grant no. 2004B50201020) (XQZ), the Australian Research Council (RBG and AL), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (PWS), and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia ( AL and JM). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.