Transcriptome Analysis of the Scleractinian Coral Stylophora pistillata
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Date | 2014-02 | ||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||
Author(s) | Karako-Lampert Sarit1, Zoccola Didier2, Salmon-Divon Mali3, Katzenellenbogen Mark1, Tambutte Sylvie2, Bertucci Anthony2, 4, 5, Hoegh-Guldberg Ove6, Deleury Emeline4, 7, Allemand Denis2, Levy Oren1 | ||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : Bar Ilan Univ, Mina & Everard Goodman Fac Life Sci, Ramat Gan, Israel. 2 : Ctr Sci Monaco, Monaco, Monaco. 3 : Ariel Univ, Dept Mol Biol, Ariel, Israel. 4 : Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, UFR Sci, F-06189 Nice, France. 5 : James Cook Univ, Ctr Excellence Coral Reef Studies, Australian Res Council, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. 6 : Univ Queensland, Global Change Inst, St Lucia, Qld, Australia. 7 : Inst Sophia Agrobiotech INRA 1355, CNRS 7254, Sophia Antipolis, France. |
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Source | Plos One (1932-6203) (Public Library Science), 2014-02 , Vol. 9 , N. 2 , P. e88615 (11p.) | ||||||||
DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0088615 | ||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 44 | ||||||||
Abstract | The principal architects of coral reefs are the scleractinian corals; these species are divided in two major clades referred to as "robust'' and "complex'' corals. Although the molecular diversity of the "complex'' clade has received considerable attention, with several expressed sequence tag (EST) libraries and a complete genome sequence having been constructed, the "robust'' corals have received far less attention, despite the fact that robust corals have been prominent focal points for ecological and physiological studies. Filling this gap affords important opportunities to extend these studies and to improve our understanding of the differences between the two major clades. Here, we present an EST library from Stylophora pistillata (Esper 1797) and systematically analyze the assembled transcripts compared to putative homologs from the complete proteomes of six well-characterized metazoans: Nematostella vectensis, Hydra magnipapillata, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Ciona intestinalis and Homo sapiens. Furthermore, comparative analyses of the Stylophora pistillata ESTs were performed against several Cnidaria from the Scleractinia, Actiniaria and Hydrozoa, as well as against other stony corals separately. Functional characterization of S. pistillata transcripts into KOG/COG categories and further description of Wnt and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathways showed that the assembled EST library provides sufficient data and coverage. These features of this new library suggest considerable opportunities for extending our understanding of the molecular and physiological behavior of "robust'' corals. |
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