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Transcriptome sequencing and annotation for the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Shaw Timothy I, Srivastava Anuj, Chou Wen-Chi, Liu Liang, Hawkinson Ann, Glenn Travis C, Adams Rick, Schountz Tony
Abstract excerpt
The Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is one of the most common bats in the tropical Americas. It is thought to be a potential reservoir host of Tacaribe virus, an arenavirus closely related to the South American hemorrhagic fever viruses. We performed transcriptome sequencing and annotation from lung, kidney and spleen tissues using 454 and Illumina platforms to develop this species as an animal model....
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