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SUBMITTER: Zarowiecki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4413821 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zarowiecki Magdalena M Berriman Matt M
Parasitology 20141208
The genomes of more than 20 helminths have now been sequenced. Here we perform a meta-analysis of all sequenced genomes of nematodes and Platyhelminthes, and attempt to address the question of what are the defining characteristics of helminth genomes. We find that parasitic worms lack systems for surface antigenic variation, instead maintaining infections using their surfaces as the first line of defence against the host immune system, with several expanded gene families of genes associated with ...[more]