Massively parallel sequencing and analysis of the Necator americanus transcriptome.

• Main Authors: Cinzia Cantacessi (Author), Makedonka Mitreva (Author), Aaron R Jex (Author), Neil D Young (Author), Bronwyn E Campbell (Author), Ross S Hall (Author), Maria A Doyle (Author), Stuart A Ralph (Author), Elida M Rabelo (Author), Shoba Ranganathan (Author), Paul W Sternberg (Author), Alex Loukas (Author), Robin B Gasser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The blood-feeding hookworm Necator americanus infects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In order to elucidate fundamental molecular biological aspects of this hookworm, the transcriptome of the adult stage of Necator americanus was explored using next-generatio...