Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics

International Glossina Genome Initiative. Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans): vector of African trypanosomiasis. Science. 2014;344(6182):380-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1249656. PubMed PMID: 24763584; PMCID: 4077534.

Brelsfoard C, Tsiamis G, Falchetto M, Gomulski LM, Telleria E, Alam U, Doudoumis V, Scolari F, Benoit JB, Swain M, Takac P, Malacrida AR, Bourtzis K, Aksoy S. Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2014;8(4):e2728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002728. PubMed PMID: 24763283; PMCID: 3998919.

Telleria EL, Benoit JB, Zhao X, Savage AF, Regmi S, Alves e Silva TL, O'Neill M, Aksoy S. Insights into the trypanosome-host interactions revealed through transcriptomic analysis of parasitized tsetse fly salivary glands. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2014;8(4):e2649. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002649. PubMed PMID: 24763140; PMCID: 3998935.

Benoit JB, Attardo GM, Michalkova V, Krause TB, Bohova J, Zhang Q, Baumann AA, Mireji PO, Takac P, Denlinger DL, Ribeiro JM, Aksoy S. A novel highly divergent protein family identified from a viviparous insect by RNA-seq analysis: a potential target for tsetse fly-specific abortifacients. PLoS genetics. 2014;10(4):e1003874. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003874. PubMed PMID: 24763277; PMCID: 3998918.

Aksoy S, Attardo G, Berriman M, Christoffels A, Lehane M, Masiga D, Toure Y. Human African trypanosomiasis research gets a boost: unraveling the tsetse genome. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2014;8(4):e2624. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002624. PubMed PMID: 24762859; PMCID: 3998789.

Kariithi HM, Ince IA, Boeren S, Abd-Alla AM, Parker AG, Aksoy S, Vlak JM, Oers MM. The salivary secretome of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) infected by salivary gland hypertrophy virus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Nov;5(11):e1371. Epub 2011 Nov 22. PubMed PMID: 22132244; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3222630.

Alves-Silva J, Ribeiro JM, Van Den Abbeele J, Attardo G, Hao Z, Haines LR, Soares MB, Berriman M, Aksoy S, Lehane MJ. An insight into the sialome of Glossina morsitans morsitans. BMC Genomics. 2010 Mar 30;11:213. PubMed PMID: 20353571; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2853526.

Attardo GM, Ribeiro JM, Wu Y, Berriman M, Aksoy S. Transcriptome analysis of reproductive tissue and intrauterine developmental stages of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans). BMC Genomics. 2010 Mar 9;11:160. PubMed PMID: 20214793; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2846916.

Attardo GM, Strickler-Dinglasan P, Perkin SA, Caler E, Bonaldo MF, Soares MB, El-Sayeed N, Aksoy S. Analysis of fat body transcriptome from the adult tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans. Insect Mol Biol. 2006 Aug;15(4):411-24. PubMed PMID: 16907828.

Aksoy S, Berriman M, Hall N, Hattori M, Hide W, Lehane MJ. A case for a Glossina genome project. Trends Parasitol. 2005 Mar;21(3):107-11. Review. PubMed PMID: 15734656.

Rio RV, Lefevre C, Heddi A, Aksoy S. Comparative genomics of insect-symbiotic bacteria: influence of host environment on microbial genome composition. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Nov;69(11):6825-32. PubMed PMID: 14602646; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC262273.

Dávila AM, Majiwa PA, Grisard EC, Aksoy S, Melville SE. Comparative genomics to uncover the secrets of tsetse and livestock-infective trypanosomes. Trends Parasitol. 2003 Oct;19(10):436-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 14519579.

Lehane MJ, Aksoy S, Gibson W, Kerhornou A, Berriman M, Hamilton J, Soares MB, Bonaldo MF, Lehane S, Hall N. Adult midgut expressed sequence tags from the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans and expression analysis of putative immune response genes. Genome Biol. 2003;4(10):R63. Epub 2003 Sep 11. PubMed PMID: 14519198; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC328452.

Akman L, Yamashita A, Watanabe H, Oshima K, Shiba T, Hattori M, Aksoy S. Genome sequence of the endocellular obligate symbiont of tsetse flies, Wigglesworthia glossinidia. Nat Genet. 2002 Nov;32(3):402-7. Epub 2002 Sep 3. PubMed PMID: 12219091.

Akman L, Rio RV, Beard CB, Aksoy S. Genome size determination and coding capacity of Sodalis glossinidius, an enteric symbiont of tsetse flies, as revealed by hybridization to Escherichia coli gene arrays. J Bacteriol. 2001 Aug;183(15):4517-25. PubMed PMID: 11443086; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC95346.