Transcriptomics of the immune system of hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus using high throughput sequencing methods

Alejandra Zárate-Potes, Luis Fernando Cadavid

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Abstract

Cnidarians are ecologically important animals in marine ecosystems like coral reefs, where the incidence of disease has raised in the past years due to numerous environmental changes. In this work, messenger (m)RNA samples from cultured colonies of the hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus were sequenced using the Illumina platform. The Trinity program was used to assemble the transcriptome de novo and 116.924 contigs were obtained and were annotated by comparisons with public databases. The immunotranscriptome was characterized by a great diversity of transcripts coding for adhesion molecules and peptidases. Through sequencing with the Illumina platform we obtained a transcriptome draft for the organism H. symbiolongicarpus from which a large set of immune-related molecules was obtained....

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Computational Biology - Proceedings of the 2nd Colombian Congress on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics CCBCOL 2013
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages239-245
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783319015675
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Event2nd Colombian Congress on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, CCBCOL 2013 - Manizales, Colombia
Duration: 25 Sept 201327 Sept 2013

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume232
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

Conference2nd Colombian Congress on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, CCBCOL 2013
Country/TerritoryColombia
CityManizales
Period25/09/1327/09/13

Keywords

  • Cnidaria
  • High throughput sequencing
  • Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus
  • Immunology
  • Transcriptomics

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