title: The Eimeria transcript DB: an integrated resource for annotated transcripts of protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria.
abstract: Parasites of the genus Eimeria infect a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including chickens. We have recently reported a comparative analysis of the transcriptomes of Eimeria acervulina, Eimeria maxima and Eimeria tenella, integrating ORESTES data produced by our group and publicly available Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs). All cDNA reads have been assembled, and the reconstructed transcripts have been submitted to a comprehensive functional annotation pipeline. Additional studies included orthology assignment across apicomplexan parasites and clustering analyses of gene expression profiles among different developmental stages of the parasites. To make all this body of information publicly available, we constructed the Eimeria Transcript Database (EimeriaTDB), a web repository that provides access to sequence data, annotation and comparative analyses. Here, we describe the web interface, available sequence data sets and query tools implemented on the site. The main goal of this work is to offer a public repository of sequence and functional annotation data of reconstructed transcripts of parasites of the genus Eimeria. We believe that EimeriaTDB will represent a valuable and complementary resource for the Eimeria scientific community and for those researchers interested in comparative genomics of apicomplexan parasites. Database URL: http://www.coccidia.icb.usp.br/eimeriatdb/
authors: Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes 1374, São Paulo SP 05508-000, Brazil.
authors: Luiz Thibério
authors: LT
authors: Rangel
authors: Jeniffer
authors: J
authors: Novaes
authors: Alan M
authors: AM
authors: Durham
authors: Alda Maria B N
authors: AM
authors: Madeira
authors: Arthur
authors: A
authors: Gruber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004539:Eimeria / Q000235:genetics*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D020407:Internet; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D010271:Parasites / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D057386:Search Engine; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger