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The Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of Leishmania amazonensis Parasite.

ABSTRACT: Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by Leishmania species. Leishmania amazonensis is a New World Leishmania species belonging to the Mexicana complex, which is able to cause all types of leishmaniasis infections. The L. amazonensis reference strain MHOM/BR/1973/M2269 was sequenced identifying 8,802 codifying sequences (CDS), most of them of hypothetical function. Comparative analysis using six Leishmania species showed a core set of 7,016 orthologs. L. amazonensis and Leishmania mexicana share the largest number of distinct orthologs, while Leishmania braziliensis presented the largest number of inparalogs. Additionally, phylogenomic analysis confirmed the taxonomic position for L. amazonensis within the "Mexicana complex", reinforcing understanding of the split of New and Old World Leishmania. Potential non-homologous isofunctional enzymes (NISE) were identified between L. amazonensis and Homo sapiens that could provide new drug targets for development.

SUBMITTER: Tschoeke DA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4182287 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of Leishmania amazonensis Parasite.

Tschoeke Diogo A DA Nunes Gisele L GL Jardim Rodrigo R Lima Joana J Dumaresq Aline Sr AS Gomes Monete R MR de Mattos Pereira Leandro L Loureiro Daniel R DR Stoco Patricia H PH de Matos Guedes Herbert Leonel HL de Miranda Antonio Basilio AB Ruiz Jeronimo J Pitaluga André A Silva Floriano P FP Probst Christian M CM Dickens Nicholas J NJ Mottram Jeremy C JC Grisard Edmundo C EC Dávila Alberto Mr AM

Evolutionary bioinformatics online 20140923

Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by Leishmania species. Leishmania amazonensis is a New World Leishmania species belonging to the Mexicana complex, which is able to cause all types of leishmaniasis infections. The L. amazonensis reference strain MHOM/BR/1973/M2269 was sequenced identifying 8,802 codifying sequences (CDS), most of them of hypothetical function. Comparative analysis using six Leishmania species showed a core set of 7,016 orthologs. L. amazonensis and Leishmania mexica ...[more]

PMID: 25336895

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The Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of Leishmania amazonensis Parasite.

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The Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of Leishmania amazonensis Parasite.

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