Deep, multi-stage transcriptome of the schistosomiasis vector Biomphalaria glabrata provides platform for understanding molluscan disease-related pathways

A Novel Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) Influences Compatibility between the Gastropod Biomphalaria glabrata, and the Digenean Trematode Schistosoma mansoni

(2016) Emmanuel A. Pila et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A family of variable immunoglobulin and lectin domain containing molecules in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

(2015) Nolwenn M. Dheilly et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

TRUFA: A User-Friendly Web Server for de novo RNA-seq Analysis Using Cluster Computing

(2015) Etienne Kornobis et al.   Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Draft genome assemblies and predicted microRNA complements of the intertidal lophotrochozoans Patella vulgata (Mollusca, Patellogastropoda) and Spirobranchus ( Pomatoceros ) lamarcki (Annelida, Serpulida)

(2015) Nathan J. Kenny et al.   Marine Genomics

The octopus genome and the evolution of cephalopod neural and morphological novelties

(2015) Caroline B. Albertin et al.   NATURE

Genome-Wide Scan and Test of Candidate Genes in the Snail Biomphalaria glabrata Reveal New Locus Influencing Resistance to Schistosoma mansoni

(2015) Jacob A. Tennessen et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Differences in the Gene Expression Profiles of Haemocytes from Schistosome-Susceptible and -Resistant Biomphalaria glabrata Exposed to Schistosoma mansoni Excretory-Secretory Products

(2014) Zahida Zahoor et al.   PLoS One

Biomphalysin, a New β Pore-forming Toxin Involved in Biomphalaria glabrata Immune Defense against Schistosoma mansoni

(2013) Richard Galinier et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

(2012) T. Takeuchi et al.   DNA RESEARCH

The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation

(2012) Guofan Zhang et al.   NATURE

Insights into bilaterian evolution from three spiralian genomes

(2012) Oleg Simakov et al.   NATURE

Whole-genome sequence of Schistosoma haematobium

(2012) Neil D Young et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Specific versus Non-Specific Immune Responses in an Invertebrate Species Evidenced by a Comparative de novo Sequencing Study

(2012) Emeline Deleury et al.   PLoS One

B2G-FAR, a species-centered GO annotation repository

(2011) Stefan Götz et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Short read Illumina data for the de novo assembly of a non-model snail species transcriptome (Radix balthica, Basommatophora, Pulmonata), and a comparison of assembler performance

(2011) Barbara Feldmeyer et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Identification and characterization of five transcription factors that are associated with evolutionarily conserved immune signaling pathways in the schistosome-transmitting snail Biomphalaria glabrata

(2011) Si-Ming Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships

(2011) Kevin M. Kocot et al.   NATURE

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Next-generation transcriptome assembly

(2011) Jeffrey A. Martin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Neglected tropical diseases

(2010) N. Feasey et al.   BRITISH MEDICAL BULLETIN

Biases in Illumina transcriptome sequencing caused by random hexamer priming

(2010) Kasper D. Hansen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A Large Repertoire of Parasite Epitopes Matched by a Large Repertoire of Host Immune Receptors in an Invertebrate Host/Parasite Model

(2010) Yves Moné et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Differential transcriptomic responses of Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda, Mollusca) to bacteria and metazoan parasites, Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma paraensei (Digenea, Platyhelminthes)

(2009) Coen M. Adema et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

The Schistosoma japonicum genome reveals features of host–parasite interplay

(2009)   NATURE

The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

(2009) Matthew Berriman et al.   NATURE

Biomphalaria glabrata transcriptome: cDNA microarray profiling identifies resistant- and susceptible-specific gene expression in haemocytes from snail strains exposed to Schistosoma mansoni

(2008) Anne E Lockyer et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Comparative ORESTES-sampling of transcriptomes of immune-challenged Biomphalaria glabrata snails

(2008) Ben Hanelt et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Nodal signalling is involved in left–right asymmetry in snails

(2008) Cristina Grande et al.   NATURE

Next-generation DNA sequencing

(2008) Jay Shendure et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

High-throughput functional annotation and data mining with the Blast2GO suite

(2008) S. Gotz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Assembling the lophotrochozoan (=spiralian) tree of life

(2008) G. Giribet   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The NIH-NIAID Schistosomiasis Resource Center

(2008) Fred A. Lewis et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases