RNA-seq analysis of the salivary glands and midgut of the Argasid tick Ornithodoros rostratus.

ABSTRACT: Ornithodoros rostratus is a South American argasid tick which importance relies on its itchy bite and potential as disease vector. They feed on a wide variety of hosts and secrete different molecules in their saliva and intestinal content that counteract host defences and help to accommodate and metabolize the relatively large quantity of blood upon feeding. The present work describes the transcriptome profile of salivary gland (SG) and midgut (MG) of O. rostratus using Illumina sequencing. A total of 8,031 contigs were assembled and assigned to different functional classes. Secreted proteins were the most abundant in the SG and accounted for ~67% of all expressed transcripts with contigs with identity to lipocalins and acid tail proteins being the most representative. On the other hand, i

SUBMITTER: Araujo RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6494864 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature