Chromatin changes in Anopheles gambiae induced by Plasmodium falciparum infection

[Background] Infection by the human malaria parasite leads to important changes in mosquito phenotypic traits related to vector competence. However, we still lack a clear understanding of the underlying mechanisms and, in particular, of the epigenetic basis for these changes. We have examined genome...

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Autores: Ruiz Rodríguez, Jose Luis, Yerbanga, Rakiswendé S., Lefèvre, Thierry, Ouedraogo, Jean B., Corces, Victor G., Gómez-Díaz, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/173989
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/173989
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Human malaria
Mosquitoes
Histone modifications
Gene regulation
ChIP-seq
RNA-seq
Transcriptomes
Epigenome
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Sumario:[Background] Infection by the human malaria parasite leads to important changes in mosquito phenotypic traits related to vector competence. However, we still lack a clear understanding of the underlying mechanisms and, in particular, of the epigenetic basis for these changes. We have examined genome-wide distribution maps of H3K27ac, H3K9ac, H3K9me3 and H3K4me3 by ChIP-seq and the transcriptome by RNA-seq, of midguts from Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes blood-fed uninfected and infected with natural isolates of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in Burkina Faso.