Litomosoides sigmodontis
BioProject PRJEB3075 | Data Source University of Edinburgh | Taxonomy ID 42156
About Litomosoides sigmodontis
The nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis is a filarial parasite of rodents. Found in cotton rats in the wild infecting the pleral cavity. It has been adapted to the laboratory mouse and is widely used as a model for human filariases. This model has become central in efforts to develop vaccines against filarial infections, test new drugs before they are progressed to clinical trials, and to investigate the basic biology of the interactions between parasitic nematodes and their mammalian hosts.
Genome Assembly & Annotation
Assembly
The genome assembly was produced by the Blaxter laboratory at University of Edinburgh. The data represented here is version nLs.2.1 from nematodes.org.
Annotation
The gene predictions were made by the Blaxter laboratory at the University of Edinburgh. The version represented here is nLs.2.1.1 from nematodes.org.
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Assembly Statistics
| Assembly | ASM90053727v1, GCA_900537275.1 |
| Strain | Bain lab strain |
| Database Version | WBPS18 |
| Genome Size | 64,813,410 |
| Data Source | University of Edinburgh |
| Annotation Version | 2014-05-WormBase |
Gene counts
| Coding genes | 10,246 |
| Gene transcripts | 10,246 |
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