Journal article
Multi-tissue transcriptomics for construction of a comprehensive gene resource for the terrestrial snail Theba pisana
Scientific Reports, Vol.6, pp.1-10
2016
PMCID: PMC4745086
PMID: 26852673
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Abstract
The land snail Theba pisana is native to the Mediterranean region but has become one of the most abundant invasive species worldwide. Here, we present three transcriptomes of this agriculture pest derived from three tissues: the central nervous system, hepatopancreas (digestive gland), and foot muscle. Sequencing of the three tissues produced 339,479,092 high quality reads and a global de novo assembly generated a total of 250,848 unique transcripts (unigenes). BLAST analysis mapped 52,590 unigenes to NCBI non-redundant protein databases and further functional analysis annotated 21,849 unigenes with gene ontology. We report that T. pisana transcripts have representatives in all functional classes and a comparison of differentially expressed transcripts amongst all three tissues demonstrates enormous differences in their potential metabolic activities. The genes differentially expressed include those with sequence similarity to those genes associated with multiple bacterial diseases and neurological diseases. To provide a valuable resource that will assist functional genomics study, we have implemented a user-friendly web interface, ThebaDB (http://thebadb.bioinfo-minzhao.org/). This online database allows for complex text queries, sequence searches, and data browsing by enriched functional terms and KEGG mapping.
Details
- Title
- Multi-tissue transcriptomics for construction of a comprehensive gene resource for the terrestrial snail Theba pisana
- Authors
- Min Zhao (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringTianfang Wang (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringKevin J Adamson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringB Storey (Author) - Carleton University, CanadaScott F Cummins (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Scientific Reports, Vol.6, pp.1-10
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.1038/srep20685
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- PMID
- 26852673; PMC4745086
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2016 Zhao, M, et al. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449569902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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