Project description:Here, we have started to characterise the surface molecules of T. theileri at the biochemical level. We have applied the same differential solvent extraction and hydrophobic interaction chromatography protocols, developed by Almeida and colleagues [13,14] to those used to isolate the GPI-mucin and GIPL fractions of T. theileri. As a positive control, we processed epimastigotes of T. cruzi Silvio X10/7 strain alongside tissue culture forms of T. theileri Edinburgh strain and so also report on the surface molecules of the Silvio X10/7 strain of T. cruzi for the first time.
Project description:Culex pipiens molestus and Cx. p. quinquefasciatus are the members of Culex pipiens Complex, but they display relatively large differences in behavior and physiological responses. We compared the genes of these mosquitoes to identify those that were differentially expressed in each subspecies. Such genes could play important roles in subspecies-specific blood feeding or oviposition behavior. Culex pipiens molestus and Cx. p. quinquefasciatus females were undertaken Illumina RNA sequencing.
Project description:Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) theileri is a ubiquitous parasite of Bovinae (cattle, buffalo, yaks and some antelopes). Here were report the transcriptome sequence of this parasite
Project description:Culex pipiens molestus and Cx. p. quinquefasciatus are the members of Culex pipiens Complex, but they display relatively large differences in behavior and physiological responses. We compared the genes of these mosquitoes to identify those that were differentially expressed in each subspecies. Such genes could play important roles in subspecies-specific blood feeding or oviposition behavior.
Project description:High throughput sequencing was performed using Illumina HiSeq to identify differentially regulated genes in Culex mosquitoes after West Nile virus infection.