Characterization of the Zoarces viviparus liver transcriptome using massively parallel pyrosequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The teleost Zoarces viviparus (eelpout) lives along the coasts of Northern Europe and has long been an established model organism for marine ecology and environmental monitoring. The scarce information about this species genome has however restrained the use of efficient molecular-level assays, such as gene expression microarrays.

Results

In the present study we present the first comprehensive characterization of the Zoarces viviparus liver transcriptome. From 400,000 reads generated by massively parallel pyrosequencing, more than 50,000 pieces of putative transcripts were assembled, annotated and functionally classified. The data was estimated to cover roughly 40% of the total transcriptome and homologues for about half of the genes of Gasterosteus aculeatus (sti

SUBMITTER: Kristiansson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2725146 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature