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Genome sequence of Anopheles sinensis provides insight into genetics basis of mosquito competence for malaria parasites.

ABSTRACT: Anopheles sinensis is an important mosquito vector of Plasmodium vivax, which is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria throughout Asia, and particularly in China, Korea, and Japan.We performed 454 next-generation sequencing and obtained a draft sequence of A. sinensis assembled into scaffolds spanning 220.8 million base pairs. Analysis of this genome sequence, we observed expansion and contraction of several immune-related gene families in anopheline relative to culicine mosquito species. These differences suggest that species-specific immune responses to Plasmodium invasion underpin the biological differences in susceptibility to Plasmodium infection that characterize these two mosquito subfamilies.The A. sinensis genome produced in this study, provides an important resource for analyzing the genetic basis of susceptibility and resistance of mosquitoes to Plasmodium parasites research which will ultimately facilitate the design of urgently needed interventions against this debilitating mosquito-borne disease.

SUBMITTER: Zhou D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3901762 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome sequence of Anopheles sinensis provides insight into genetics basis of mosquito competence for malaria parasites.

Zhou Dan D Zhang Donghui D Ding Guohui G Shi Linna L Hou Qing Q Ye Yuting Y Xu Yang Y Zhou Huayun H Xiong Chunrong C Li Shengdi S Yu Jing J Hong Shanchao S Yu Xinyou X Zou Ping P Chen Chen C Chang Xuelian X Wang Weijie W Lv Yuan Y Sun Yan Y Ma Lei L Shen Bo B Zhu Changliang C

BMC genomics 20140118

<h4>Background</h4>Anopheles sinensis is an important mosquito vector of Plasmodium vivax, which is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria throughout Asia, and particularly in China, Korea, and Japan.<h4>Results</h4>We performed 454 next-generation sequencing and obtained a draft sequence of A. sinensis assembled into scaffolds spanning 220.8 million base pairs. Analysis of this genome sequence, we observed expansion and contraction of several immune-related gene fam ...[more]

PMID: 24438588

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Genome sequence of Anopheles sinensis provides insight into genetics basis of mosquito competence for malaria parasites.

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Genome sequence of Anopheles sinensis provides insight into genetics basis of mosquito competence for malaria parasites.

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