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Natural antisense transcripts in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from patients with complicated malaria

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dc.contributor.author Das, Ashis Kumar
dc.contributor.author Saxena, Vishal
dc.contributor.author Garg, Shilpi
dc.date.accessioned 2021-09-02T07:31:12Z
dc.date.available 2021-09-02T07:31:12Z
dc.date.issued 2014-06
dc.identifier.uri https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014489414000423?via%3Dihub#!
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1886
dc.description.abstract Mechanisms regulating gene expression in malaria parasites are not well understood. Little is known about how the parasite regulates its gene expression during transition from one developmental stage to another and in response to various environmental conditions. Parasites in a diseased host face environments which differ from the static, well adapted in vitro conditions. Parasites thus need to adapt quickly and effectively to these conditions by establishing transcriptional states which are best suited for better survival. With the discovery of natural antisense transcripts (NATs) in this parasite and considering the various proposed mechanisms by which NATs might regulate gene expression, it has been speculated that these might be playing a critical role in gene regulation. We report here the diversity of NATs in this parasite, using isolates taken directly from patients with differing clinical symptoms caused by malaria infection. Using a custom designed strand specific whole genome microarray, a total of 797 NATs targeted against annotated loci have been detected. Out of these, 545 NATs are unique to this study. The majority of NATs were positively correlated with the expression pattern of the sense transcript. However, 96 genes showed a change in sense/antisense ratio on comparison between uncomplicated and complicated disease conditions. The antisense transcripts map to a broad range of biochemical/metabolic pathways, especially pathways pertaining to the central carbon metabolism and stress related pathways. Our data strongly suggests that a large group of NATs detected here are unannotated transcription units antisense to annotated gene models. The results reveal a previously unknown set of NATs that prevails in this parasite, their differential regulation in disease conditions and mapping to functionally well annotated genes. The results detailed here call for studies to deduce the possible mechanism of action of NATs, which would further help in understanding the in vivo pathological adaptations of these parasites. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsiever en_US
dc.subject Biology en_US
dc.subject Natural antisense transcript en_US
dc.subject Strand specific microarray en_US
dc.subject Plasmodium falciparum en_US
dc.subject Complicated malaria en_US
dc.subject Uncomplicated malaria en_US
dc.title Natural antisense transcripts in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from patients with complicated malaria en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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