A systematically improved high quality genome and transcriptome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.

A systematically improved high quality genome and transcriptome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.

Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases, affecting millions of people in developing countries. Amongst the human-infective species, Schistosoma mansoni is also the most commonly used in the laboratory and here we present the systematic improvement of its draft genome. We used...

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Main Authors: Anna V Protasio, Isheng J Tsai, Anne Babbage, Sarah Nichol, Martin Hunt, Martin A Aslett, Nishadi De Silva, Giles S Velarde, Tim J C Anderson, Richard C Clark, Claire Davidson, Gary P Dillon, Nancy E Holroyd, Philip T LoVerde, Christine Lloyd, Jacquelline McQuillan, Guilherme Oliveira, Thomas D Otto, Sophia J Parker-Manuel, Michael A Quail, R Alan Wilson, Adhemar Zerlotini, David W Dunne, Matthew Berriman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3254664?pdf=render

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