Clonorchis sinensis

BioProject PRJDA72781 | Data Source Sun Yat-sen University | Taxonomy ID 79923

About Clonorchis sinensis

The trematode Clonorchis sinensis, or Chinese liver fluke, is a parasitic human liver fluke. The parasite lives in the liver of humans, is believed to be the third most prevalent worm parasite in the world, and is endemic to Japan, China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Recent studies have proved that it is capable of causing cancer of liver and bile duct, and in fact the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classed it as a group 1 biological carcinogen in 2009.

There is 1 alternative genome project for Clonorchis sinensis available in WormBase ParaSite: PRJNA386618

Genome Assembly & Annotation

Assembly

The C. sinensis genome was sequenced by the Department of Parasitology at Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, as described by Huang et al (2013).

Annotation

The gene predictions were made by the Department of Parasitology at Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, as described by Huang et al (2013).

Key Publications

Assembly Statistics

AssemblyC_sinensis-2.0, GCA_000236345.1
StrainHenan
Database VersionWBPS18
Genome Size547,288,241
Data SourceSun Yat-sen University
Annotation Version2014-05-WormBase

Gene counts

Coding genes13,634
Gene transcripts13,634

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