Comparative genomics

In silico prediction of conserved vaccine targets in Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from fish, cattle, and human samples

U. P. Pereira, Soares, S. C., Blom, J., Leal, C. A. G., Ramos, R. T. J., Guimarães, L. C., Oliveira, L. C., Almeida, S. S., Hassan, S. S., Santos, A. R., Miyoshi, A., Silva, A., Tauch, A., Barh, D., Azevedo, V., and Figueiredo, H. C. P., In silico prediction of conserved vaccine targets in Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from fish, cattle, and human samples, vol. 12, pp. 2902-2912, 2013.

Streptococcus agalactiae (Lancefield group B; group B streptococci) is a major pathogen that causes meningoencephalitis in fish, mastitis in cows, and neonatal sepsis and meningitis in humans. The available prophylactic measures for conserving human and animal health are not totally effective and have limitations. Effective vaccines against the different serotypes or genotypes of pathogenic strains from the various hosts would be useful.

Comparative genomics of grasses tolerant to aluminum

S. N. Jardim, Comparative genomics of grasses tolerant to aluminum, vol. 6. pp. 1178-1189, 2007.

The family Poaceae includes over 10,000 species, among which are the most economically important cereals: maize, sorghum, rice, wheat, rye, barley, and oat. These cereals are very important components of human and animal food. Although divergence of the members of this family occurred about 40 million years ago, comparative genome analyses demonstrated that gene orders among species of this family remain largely conserved, which can be very useful for understanding their roles and evolution.

New genomic resources for the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.): development of a deep-coverage BAC library and a preliminary STC database

J. P. Tomkins, Luo, M., Fang, G. C., Main, D., Goicoechea, J. L., Atkins, M., Frisch, D. A., Page, R. E., Guzmán-Novoa, E., Yu, Y., Hunt, G., and Wing, R. A., New genomic resources for the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.): development of a deep-coverage BAC library and a preliminary STC database, vol. 1, pp. 306-316, 2002.

We have constructed a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library for a European honey bee strain using the cloning enzyme HindIII in order to develop resources for structural genomics research. The library contains 36,864 clones (ninety-six 384-well plates). A random sampling of 247 clones indicated an average insert size of 113 kb (range = 27 to 213 kb) and 2% empty vectors. Based on an estimated genome size of 270 Mb, this library provides approximately 15 haploid genome equivalents, allowing >99% probability of recovering any specific sequence of interest.

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