Low Dose Gamma Irradiation of Trypanosoma evansi Parasites Identifies Molecular Changes That Ooccur to Repair Radiation Damage and Gene Transcripts That May be Involved in Establishing Disease in Mice Post Irradiation
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ABSTRACT: The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma evansi is responsible for causing Surra in a variety of mammalian hosts over a wide geographical area. In order to identify which genes and processes are required to establish disease in mice, parasites were irradiated over a range using a Cobalt60 gamma source. A custom Trypanosome spp. array that covers the genomes of three trypanosome species, T. brucei, T. evansi and T. congolense was designed by Affymetrix with an average of 9300 whole gene transcripts from all three species were targeted. Irradiation differentially affected the abundance of gene transcripts in a dose-dependent trend. We present these genes as necessary for repair from irradiation damage, and essential for disease establishment in mice post irradiation.
ORGANISM(S): Trypanosoma evansi
SUBMITTER: Richard Thiga Kangethe
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-11705 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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