| Title : Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa - El-Sayed_2005_Science_309_404 |
| Author(s) : El-Sayed NM , Myler PJ , Blandin G , Berriman M , Crabtree J , Aggarwal G , Caler E , Renauld H , Worthey EA , Hertz-Fowler C , Ghedin E , Peacock C , Bartholomeu DC , Haas BJ , Tran AN , Wortman JR , Alsmark UC , Angiuoli S , Anupama A , Badger J , Bringaud F , Cadag E , Carlton JM , Cerqueira GC , Creasy T , Delcher AL , Djikeng A , Embley TM , Hauser C , Ivens AC , Kummerfeld SK , Pereira-Leal JB , Nilsson D , Peterson J , Salzberg SL , Shallom J , Silva JC , Sundaram J , Westenberger S , White O , Melville SE , Donelson JE , Andersson B , Stuart KD , Hall N |
| Ref : Science , 309 :404 , 2005 |
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Abstract :
A comparison of gene content and genome architecture of Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Leishmania major, three related pathogens with different life cycles and disease pathology, revealed a conserved core proteome of about 6200 genes in large syntenic polycistronic gene clusters. Many species-specific genes, especially large surface antigen families, occur at nonsyntenic chromosome-internal and subtelomeric regions. Retroelements, structural RNAs, and gene family expansion are often associated with syntenic discontinuities that-along with gene divergence, acquisition and loss, and rearrangement within the syntenic regions-have shaped the genomes of each parasite. Contrary to recent reports, our analyses reveal no evidence that these species are descended from an ancestor that contained a photosynthetic endosymbiont. |
| PubMedSearch : El-Sayed_2005_Science_309_404 |
| PubMedID: 16020724 |
| Gene_locus related to this paper: tryb2-q382c1 , trycr-q4dhv2 , trycr-q4dpt2 , trycr-q4dpy4 |
| Gene_locus | tryb2-q382c1 trycr-q4dhv2 trycr-q4dpt2 trycr-q4dpy4 |
El-Sayed NM, Myler PJ, Blandin G, Berriman M, Crabtree J, Aggarwal G, Caler E, Renauld H, Worthey EA, Hertz-Fowler C, Ghedin E, Peacock C, Bartholomeu DC, Haas BJ, Tran AN, Wortman JR, Alsmark UC, Angiuoli S, Anupama A, Badger J, Bringaud F, Cadag E, Carlton JM, Cerqueira GC, Creasy T, Delcher AL, Djikeng A, Embley TM, Hauser C, Ivens AC, Kummerfeld SK, Pereira-Leal JB, Nilsson D, Peterson J, Salzberg SL, Shallom J, Silva JC, Sundaram J, Westenberger S, White O, Melville SE, Donelson JE, Andersson B, Stuart KD, Hall N (2005)
Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa
Science
309 :404
El-Sayed NM, Myler PJ, Blandin G, Berriman M, Crabtree J, Aggarwal G, Caler E, Renauld H, Worthey EA, Hertz-Fowler C, Ghedin E, Peacock C, Bartholomeu DC, Haas BJ, Tran AN, Wortman JR, Alsmark UC, Angiuoli S, Anupama A, Badger J, Bringaud F, Cadag E, Carlton JM, Cerqueira GC, Creasy T, Delcher AL, Djikeng A, Embley TM, Hauser C, Ivens AC, Kummerfeld SK, Pereira-Leal JB, Nilsson D, Peterson J, Salzberg SL, Shallom J, Silva JC, Sundaram J, Westenberger S, White O, Melville SE, Donelson JE, Andersson B, Stuart KD, Hall N (2005)
Science
309 :404