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| Author(s): |
Leonardo, F. C.
[1]
;
da Cunha, A. F.
[2]
;
da Silva, M. J.
[3]
;
Carazzolle, M. F.
[1, 4]
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Costa-Leonardo, A. M.
[5]
;
Costa, F. F.
[6]
;
Pereira, G. A.
[1]
Total Authors: 7
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Genet Evolucao & Bioagentes, Lab Genom & Expressao, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Lab Bioquim & Biotecnol Mol, Dept Genet & Evolucao, BR-13565905 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, Ctr Biol Mol & Engn Genet, BR-13083875 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, Ctr Nacl Processamento Alto Desempenho Sao Paulo, BR-13083889 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[5] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Biol, BR-13506900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[6] Univ Estadual Campinas, Fac Ciencias Med, Ctr Hematol & Hemoterapia, BR-13083878 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH; v. 101, n. 4, p. 383-391, AUG 2011. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 9 |
| Abstract | |
The lower termite, Coptotermes gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), is originally from Southeast Asia and has become a pest in Brazil. The main goal of this study was to survey C. gestroi transcriptome composition. To accomplish this, we sequenced and analyzed 3003 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) isolated from libraries of worker heads. After assembly, 695 uniESTs were obtained from which 349 have similarity with known sequences. Comparison with insect genomes demonstrated similarity, primarily with genes from Apis mellifera (28%), Tribolium castaneum (28%) and Aedes aegypti (10%). Notably, we identified two endogenous cellulases in the sequences, which may be of interest for biotechnological applications. The results presented in this work represent the first genomic study of the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi. (AU) | |