Parasite Genome Projects and the Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Initiative

• Autores: Degrave, W.; Levin, M.J.; Da Silveira, J.F.; Morel, C.M.
• Año de publicación: 1997
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Fuente: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 1997;92(6):859-862
• Materia: Clone CL Brener; Parasite Genome Projects; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma; Trypanosoma cruzi; animal; article; chromosome map; genetics; genome; Trypanosoma cruzi; Animals; Chromosome Mapping; Genome, Protozoan; Trypanosoma cruzi
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales

Since the start of the human genome project, a great number of genome projects on other "model" organism have been initiated, some of them already completed. Several initiatives have also been started on parasite genomes, mainly through support from WHO/TDR, involving North-South and South-South collaborations, and great hopes are vested in that these initiatives will lead to new tools for disease control and prevention, as well as to the establishment of genomic research technology in developing countries. The Trypanosoma cruzi genome project, using the clone CL-Brener as starting point, has made considerable progress through the concerted action of more than 20 laboratories, most of them in the South. A brief overview of the current state of the project is given.