The falling cost of genome sequencing is having a marked impact on the research
community with respect to which genomes are sequenced and how and where they are …

Background Macrophomina phaseolina is one of the most destructive necrotrophic fungal
pathogens that infect more than 500 plant species throughout the world. It can grow rapidly …

Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite which infects nearly one third of the
human population and is found in an extraordinary range of vertebrate hosts. Its …

Bactrian camels serve as an important means of transportation in the cold desert regions of
China and Mongolia. Here we present a 2.01 Gb draft genome sequence from both a wild …

Background Calcium-activated photoproteins are luciferase variants found in photocyte cells
of bioluminescent jellyfish (Phylum Cnidaria) and comb jellies (Phylum Ctenophora). The …

Background Transmission of arthropod-borne apicomplexan parasites that cause disease
and result in death or persistent infection represents a major challenge to global human and …

Background Throughout evolution, the LIM domain has been deployed in many different
domain configurations, which has led to the formation of a large and distinct group of …

Next generation sequencing technology is advancing genome sequencing at an
unprecedented level. By unravelling the code within a pathogen's genome, every possible …

Schistosoma mansoni is one of the agents of schistosomiasis, a chronic and debilitating
disease. Here we present a transcriptome-wide characterization of adult S. mansoni males …

Bactrian camels serve as an important means of transportation in the cold desert regions of
China and Mongolia. Here we present a 2.01 Gb draft genome sequence from both a wild …