MytiBase: a knowledgebase of mussel (M. galloprovincialis) transcribed sequences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although bivalves are among the most studied marine organisms due to their ecological role, economic importance and use in pollution biomonitoring, very little information is available on the genome sequences of mussels. This study reports the functional analysis of a large-scale Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) sequencing from different tissues of Mytilus galloprovincialis (the Mediterranean mussel) challenged with toxic pollutants, temperature and potentially pathogenic bacteria.

Results

We have constructed and sequenced seventeen cDNA libraries from different Mediterranean mussel tissues: gills, digestive gland, foot, anterior and posterior adductor muscle, mantle and haemocytes. A total of 24,939 clones were sequenced from these libraries generating 18,788 high-qu

SUBMITTER: Venier P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2657158 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature