Institute for Genome Sciences
International Livestock Research Institute
Current News
February 2015
Malaria parasites unlikely to jump from animals to humans
A new study indicates that it is unlikely that Plasmodium species that infect other animals would cross over easily to humans.. read more
December 2014
Scientists Find Multiple Wolbachia Genomes Integrated in a Drosophila Chromosome
Investigators found multiple complete bacterial genomes integrated into an animal genome
Publications
Cis regulatory motifs and antisense transcriptional control in the apicomplexan Theileria parva.
Tretina K, R Pelle and JC Silva.
BMC Genomics. 2016 17(1):128. [read more].
Quantification of the ratio of host-to-parasite DNA in samples from Theileria parva-infected host lymphocyte cell lines.
Gotia HT, JB Munro, DP Knowles, CA Daubenberger, RP Bishop, JC Silva.
PLoS One. 2016 11(3):e0150401. [read more].
The genomes of three stocks comprising the most widely utilized live sporozoite Theileria parva vaccine exhibit very different degrees and patterns of sequence divergence.
Norling M, Bishop RP, Pelle R, Qi W, Henson S, Drábek EF, Tretina K, Odongo D, Mwaura S, Njoroge T, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Daubenberger CA, Silva JC.
BMC Genomics. 2015 Sep 24 [read more].
Masai woman with cattle.
Resources
Theileria Resources
Primary contact: Joana Carneiro da Silva
- T. parva genome re-annotation, 2015: access the new annotation in jbrowse.
- T. parva genome resources can be found at NCBI.
- Additional T. parva genomic resources, including homology with other Apicomplexa species, can be mined in EuPathDB, and specifically PiroplasmaDB.
- Theileria parva, Muguga: chromosome identifiers
- Piroplasma gene orthologous groups: Sybil database
Mycoplasma Resources
Primary contact: Joerg Jores
