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Gene discovery in the freshwater fish parasite Trypanosoma carassii: identification of trans-sialidase-like and mucin-like genes.
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SUBMITTER: Aguero F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC133043 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Gene discovery in the freshwater fish parasite Trypanosoma carassii: identification of trans-sialidase-like and mucin-like genes.
Infection and immunity 20021201 12
A total of 1,921 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were obtained from bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma carassii, a parasite of economic importance due to its high prevalence in fish farms. Analysis of the data set allowed us to identify a trans-sialidase (TS)-like gene and three ESTs coding for putative mucin-like genes. TS activity was detected in cell extracts of bloodstream trypomastigotes. We have also used the sequence information obtained to identify genes that have not been previou ...[more]