Project name: Trypanosoma brucei

Description: Trypanosoma brucei spp, unicellular parasites causing human and animal trypanosomiasis, are transmitted between mammals by tsetse flies. Periodic changes in variant surface glycoproteins (VSG) which form the parasite coat in the mammal, allow them to evade the host immune response. Different isolates of T. brucei show heterogeneity in their repertoires of VSG genes and have single nucleotide polymorphisms that can impact on genome editing. T. b. brucei EATRO1125 (AnTaR1 serodeme) is an isolate that is used increasingly often because it is pleomorphic in mammals and fly transmissible, two characteristics that have been lost by the most commonly used laboratory stocks. We present a draft genome of EATRO1125, including contigs for the intermediate and mini-chromosomes that serve as repositories of VSG genes.

Data type: Genome sequencing and assembly

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: Medical

Release date: 2021-07-02

Last updated: 2021-04-21