Citation | Hunt VL, Tsai IJ, Coghlan A, Reid AJ, Holroyd N, Foth BJ, Tracey A, Cotton JA, Stanley EJ, Beasley H, Bennett HM, Brooks K, Harsha B, Kajitani R, Kulkarni A, Harbecke D, Nagayasu E, Nichol S, Ogura Y, Quail MA, Randle N, Xia D, Brattig NW, Soblik H, Ribeiro DM, Sanchez-Flores A, Hayashi T, Itoh T, Denver DR, Grant W, Stoltzfus JD, Lok JB, Murayama H, Wastling J, Streit A, Kikuchi T, Viney M, Berriman M. The genomic basis of parasitism in the Strongyloides clade of nematodes. Nat Genet, 2016. |
PubMed ID | 26829753 |
Short Description | The genomic basis of parasitism in the Strongyloides clade of nematodes. GEO Record: N.A. Platform: N.A. Download gene-centric, log2 transformed data: WBPaper00050919.sra.rs.csv |
# of Conditions | 16 |
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Soil-transmitted nematodes, including the Strongyloides genus, cause one of the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases. Here we compare the genomes of four Strongyloides species, including the human pathogen Strongyloides stercoralis, and their close relatives that are facultatively parasitic (Parastrongyloides trichosuri) and free-living (Rhabditophanes sp. KR3021). A significant paralogous expansion of key gene families--families encoding astacin-like and SCP/TAPS proteins--is associated with the evolution of parasitism in this clade. Exploiting the unique Strongyloides life cycle, we compare the transcriptomes of the parasitic and free-living stages and find that these same gene families are upregulated in the parasitic stages, underscoring their role in nematode parasitism. Experimental Details: RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000682.Unknown.WBbt:0007833.ERP001672.ERX200443 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000680.Unknown.WBbt:0007833.ERP001672.ERX200444 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000678.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272493 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000678.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272494 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000678.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272495 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000677.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272496 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000677.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272497 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000677.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272498 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000678.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272499 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000678.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272500 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000678.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272501 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000677.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272502 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000677.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272503 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000677.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX272504 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000678.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX322575 RNASeq.sratti.WBStrain00041039.WBls:0000678.Female.WBbt:0007833.ERP002187.ERX322576. |
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