The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Berriman, Matthew; J. Haas, Brian; T. LoVerde, Philip; Alan Wilson, R.; Dillon, G.; C. Cerqueira, Gustavo; T. Mashiyama, Susan; Al‐Lazikani, Bissan; F. Andrade, Luiza; D. Ashton, Peter; A. Aslett, Martin; Castanheira Bartholomeu, Daniella; Blandin, Gaelle; R. Caffrey, Conor; Coghlan, Avril; Coulson, Richard; A. Day, Tim; Delcher, Art; DeMarco, Ricardo; Djikeng, Appolinaire; Eyre, Tina; A. Gamble, John; Ghedin, Elodie; Gu, Yong; Hertz‐Fowler, Christiane; Hirai, Hirohisha; Hirai, Yuriko; Houston, Robin; Ivens, Alasdair; A. Johnston, David; R. Lacerda, Daniela; D. Macedo, Camila; McVeigh, Paul; Ning, Zemin; Oliveira, Guilherme; P. Overington, John; Parkhill, Julian; Pertea, Mihaela; J. Pierce, Raymond; V. Protasio, Anna; A. Quail, Michael; Rajandream, Marie‐Adèle; Rogers, Jane; Sajid, Mohammed; L. Salzberg, Steven; Stanke, Mario; R. Tivey, Adrian; White, Owen; L. Williams, David; R. Wortman, Jennifer; Wu, Wenjie; Zamanian, Mostafa; Zerlotini, Adhemar; M. Fraser, Claire; G. Barrell, Barclay; M. El-Sayed, Najib

doi:10.1038/nature08160

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The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Published in Nature • Jul 1, 2009

Authors:

Matthew Berriman

Brian J. Haas

Philip T. LoVerde

Abstract

Schistosoma mansoni is responsible for the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis that affects 210 million people in 76 countries. Here we present analysis of the 363 megabase nuclear genome of the blood fluke. It encodes at least 11,809 genes, with an unusual intron size distribution, and new f...

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Biology

Tropical disease

Schistosoma mansoni

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