Sequencing, annotation and analysis of the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) transcriptome.

BACKGROUND:The Syrian hamster (golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus) is gaining importance as a new experimental animal model for multiple pathogens, including emerging zoonotic diseases such as Ebola. Nevertheless there are currently no publicly available transcriptome reference sequences or genome...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Tchitchek, David Safronetz, Angela L Rasmussen, Craig Martens, Kimmo Virtaneva, Stephen F Porcella, Heinz Feldmann, Hideki Ebihara, Michael G Katze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4232415?pdf=render