Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Chromosome-scale Echinococcus granulosus (genotype G1) genome reveals the Eg95 gene family and conservation of the EG95-vaccine molecule

  • Pasi K. Korhonen,
  • Liina Kinkar,
  • Neil D. Young,
  • Huimin Cai,
  • Marshall W. Lightowlers,
  • Charles Gauci,
  • Abdul Jabbar,
  • Bill C. H. Chang,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Andreas Hofmann,
  • Anson V. Koehler,
  • Junhua Li,
  • Jiandong Li,
  • Daxi Wang,
  • Jiefang Yin,
  • Huanming Yang,
  • David J. Jenkins,
  • Urmas Saarma,
  • Teivi Laurimäe,
  • Mohammad Rostami-Nejad,
  • Malik Irshadullah,
  • Hossein Mirhendi,
  • Mitra Sharbatkhori,
  • Francisco Ponce-Gordo,
  • Sami Simsek,
  • Adriano Casulli,
  • Houria Zait,
  • Hripsime Atoyan,
  • Mario Luiz de la Rue,
  • Thomas Romig,
  • Marion Wassermann,
  • Sargis A. Aghayan,
  • Hasmik Gevorgyan,
  • Bicheng Yang,
  • Robin B. Gasser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03125-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A high-quality genome for the parasitic tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus, provides further insight into the EG95 vaccine target for cystic echinococcosis.