Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8644399 | Gene | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Charybdis japonica is an important cultured crab in China and it exhibits sex differences in their growth. Growth is an important economic trait that is controlled by many genes. In order to discover the growth-related regulatory mechanisms, whole-body transcriptomic sequencing and comparative analyses in different genders of C. japonica were conducted based on Illumina RNA-seq technology. In the present study, we obtained 62,879,204 and 60,226,334 clean reads in female and male libraries, respectively. 25,000,000 clean reads of every library were randomly selected and compared with Nt database to examine the possible contamination. Results showed that all clean reads were distributed among C. japonica or other species that were closely relative to this species, indicating no-pollution. De novo assembly was performed and a total of 32,543 and 44,174 unigenes were produced in female and male of C. japonica, respectively. Among all the unigenes, 12,591 and 14,455 unigenes of female and male crabs were annotated based on protein databases. Moreover, a total of 33,926 unigenes were found to contain ORFs and 52,839 SSRs were detected. The contrast between male and female C. japonica identifying 1939 unigenes were significantly differentially expressed. In addition, we specifically discussed some gene functions and pathways potentially associated with sex determination and growth. This is the first systematic report of whole transcriptome in C. japonica. The transcriptome information provides a basic resource for further studies on understanding the molecular basis of biological processes in C. japonica and other crustaceans.
Keywords
SOCS2ORFsIRS1CATAUbiquitin activating enzymeSPARCGRB2MAP2K1NDKBCharybdis japonicaRap1aJHEIGF2BPGPAME2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymeCul2cyclin G2TRAXCALMSSRsJAK2Janus kinaseMAPKubiquitin conjugating enzymeubiquitin ligaseSTATde novo assemblyTranscriptomeSex differentiationSimple sequence repeatsGrowthOpen reading framesSignal transducer and activator of transcriptionJuvenile hormone esterasesecreted protein acidic and rich in cysteinemitogen-activated protein kinasemitogen-activated protein kinase kinasegrowth factor receptor-bound proteinCatalaseCalmodulin
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Authors
Fangrui Lou, Tianyan Yang, Zhiqiang Han, Tianxiang Gao,