Nuclear genome of Bulinus truncatus, an intermediate host of the carcinogenic human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium

oleh: Neil D. Young, Andreas J. Stroehlein, Tao Wang, Pasi K. Korhonen, Margaret Mentink-Kane, J. Russell Stothard, David Rollinson, Robin B. Gasser

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-02-01

Deskripsi

The snail Bulinus truncatus is an intermediate host of the carcinogenic human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium. Here the authors report the genome of Bu. truncatus, explore protein groups inferred to play a role in its interaction with the schistosome parasite, and identify expansions in gene families linked to immune response regulation.