An annotated cDNA library of juvenile Euprymna scolopes with and without colonization by the symbiont Vibrio fischeri.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biologists are becoming increasingly aware that the interaction of animals, including humans, with their coevolved bacterial partners is essential for health. This growing awareness has been a driving force for the development of models for the study of beneficial animal-bacterial interactions. In the squid-vibrio model, symbiotic Vibrio fischeri induce dramatic developmental changes in the light organ of host Euprymna scolopes over the first hours to days of their partnership. We report here the creation of a juvenile light-organ specific EST database.

Results

We generated eleven cDNA libraries from the light organ of E. scolopes at developmentally significant time points with and without colonization by V. fischeri. Single pass 3' sequencing efforts generated 42

SUBMITTER: Chun CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1574308 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature