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ArticleParasitology2018

Diverse single-amino-acid repeat profiles in the genus Cryptosporidium.

Giovanni Widmer

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Article in Parasitology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giovanni WidmerDepartment of Infectious Disease & Global Health,Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University,200 Westboro Road,Building 20,North Grafton,Massachusetts 01536,USA.
Tufts University · US

Funding

The role of host glycans in Cryptosporidium developmentR15AI122152 · NIAID · NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MCEVOY, JOHN M · 2016 to 2016
$483k
Towards the development of pro- and prebiotics against cryptosporidiosisR21AI125891 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI WIDMER, GIOVANNI · 2017 to 2018
$454k
NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI122152NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI125891
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome sequencing has greatly contributed to our understanding of parasitic protozoa. This is particularly the case for Cryptosporidium species (phylum Apicomplexa) which are difficult to propagate. Because of their polymorphic nature, simple sequence repeats have been used extensively as genotypic markers to differentiate between isolates, but no global analysis of amino acid repeats in Cryptosporidium genomes has been reported. Taking advantage of several newly sequenced Cryptosporidium genomes, a comparative analysis of single-amino-acid repeats (SAARs) in seven species was undertaken. This analysis revealed a striking difference between the SAAR profile of the gastric and intestinal species which infect mammals and one species which infects birds. In average, total SAAR length in gastric species is only 25% of the cumulative SAAR length in the genome of Cryptosporidium parvum, Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium meleagridis, species infectious to humans. The SAAR profile in the avian parasite Cryptosporidium baileyi stands out due to the presence of long asparagine repeats. Cryptosporidium baileyi proteins with repeats ⩾20 residues are significantly enriched in regulatory functions. As postulated for the related apicomplexan species Plasmodium falciparum, these observations suggest that Cryptosporidium SAARs evolve in response to selective pressure. The putative selective mechanisms driving SAAR evolution in Cryptosporidium species are unknown.

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Genome, ProtozoanMicrosatellite RepeatsAmino AcidsAsparagineCryptosporidiumDNA, ProtozoanGenotypePhylogenySequence Analysis, DNAAmino AcidsAsparagineDNA, ProtozoancryptosporidiosisCryptosporidiummicrosatellitemucinsimple sequence repeatsingle-amino-acid repeat

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PMID29429420
PMCPMC6063777
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