CattleTickBase: An integrated Internet-based bioinformatics resource for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

M.I. Bellgard; P.M. Moolhuijzen; F.D. Guerrero; D. Schibeci; M. Rodriguez-Valle; D.G. Peterson; S.E. Dowd; R. Barrero; A. Hunter; R.J. Miller; A.E. Lew-Tabor

doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.11.006

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CattleTickBase: An integrated Internet-based bioinformatics resource for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

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CattleTickBase: An integrated Internet-based bioinformatics resource for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

M.I. Bellgard, P.M. Moolhuijzen, F.D. Guerrero, D. Schibeci, M. Rodriguez-Valle, D.G. Peterson, S.E. Dowd, R. Barrero, A. Hunter, R.J. Miller, …

International Journal for Parasitology, Vol.42(2), pp.161-169

2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.11.006

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Abstract

The Rhipicephalus microplus genome is large and complex in structure, making it difficult to assemble a genome sequence and costly to resource the required bioinformatics. In light of this, a consortium of international collaborators was formed to pool resources to begin sequencing this genome. We have acquired and assembled genomic DNA into contigs that represent over 1.8 Gigabase pairs of DNA from gene-enriched regions of the R. microplus genome. We also have several datasets containing transcript sequences from a number of gene expression experiments conducted by the consortium. A web-based resource was developed to enable the scientific community to access our datasets and conduct analysis through a web-based bioinformatics environment called YABI. The collective bioinformatics resource is termed CattleTickBase. Our consortium has acquired genomic and transcriptomic sequence data at approximately 0.9X coverage of the gene-coding regions of the R. microplus genome. The YABI tool will facilitate access and manipulation of cattle tick genome sequence data as the genome sequencing of R. microplus proceeds. During this process the CattleTickBase resource will continue to be updated.

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Title: CattleTickBase: An integrated Internet-based bioinformatics resource for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
Authors/Creators: M.I. Bellgard (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
P.M. Moolhuijzen (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
F.D. Guerrero (Author/Creator) - Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory
D. Schibeci (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
M. Rodriguez-Valle (Author/Creator) - Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies
D.G. Peterson (Author/Creator) - Mississippi State University
S.E. Dowd (Author/Creator) - Molecular Research, 503 Clovis Road, Shallowater, TX 79363, USA
R. Barrero (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
A. Hunter (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
R.J. Miller (Author/Creator) - Agricultural Research Service
A.E. Lew-Tabor (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
Publication Details: International Journal for Parasitology, Vol.42(2), pp.161-169
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Identifiers: 991005543834307891
Copyright: © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Comparative Genomics
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.258 Zoonotic Diseases; 1.258.227 Tick-borne Pathogens
Web Of Science research areas: Parasitology
ESI research areas: Microbiology