Redefining the spliceosomal introns of the sexually transmitted parasite <i>Trichomonas vaginalis</i> and its close relatives in columbid birds.

ABSTRACT: Trichomonas vaginalis infects the urogenital tract of men and women and causes the sexually transmitted infection trichomoniasis. Since the publication of its draft genome in 2007, the genome has drawn attention for several reasons, including its unusually large size, massive expansion of gene families, and high repeat content. The fragmented nature of the draft assembly made it challenging to obtain accurate metrics of features, such as spliceosomal introns. The number of introns identified varied over the years, ranging from 41 when first characterized in 2005, to 32 in 2018 when the repertoire was revised. In both cases, the results suggested that more introns could be present in the genome. In this study, we exploited our new T. vaginalis G3 chromosome-scale assembly and

SUBMITTER: Callejas-Hernandez F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11760441 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature