Transcriptome reconstruction and annotation of cynomolgus and African green monkey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-human primates (NHPs) and humans share major biological mechanisms, functions, and responses due to their close evolutionary relationship and, as such, provide ideal animal models to study human diseases. RNA expression in NHPs provides specific signatures that are informative of disease mechanisms and therapeutic modes of action. Unlike the human transcriptome, the transcriptomes of major NHP animal models are yet to be comprehensively annotated.

Results

In this manuscript, employing deep RNA sequencing of seven tissue samples, we characterize the transcriptomes of two commonly used NHP animal models: Cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) and African green monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops). We present the Multi-Species Annotation (MSA) pipeline that leverages

SUBMITTER: Lee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4194418 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature