GENOME ANALYSIS OF THEILERIA PARASITES

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This project was carried out to analyze genomes of Theileria parasites Eight hundred cDNA clones of Theileria parva was partially sequences to use as expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Some of them were mapped on chromosomes of T.parva. A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library, each of which clones contained 50-200 kilobase pairs of T.parva chromosome fragments, was constructed.The library consisted of 3600 clones that theoretically covered entire T.parva genome. BAC clones that contained gene(s) essential for parasite growth including sporozoite surface protein were identified, which will be useful to analyze genome structures flanking these genes.4 chromosomes of T.sergenti were identified. Size of each chromosome and total genome size of this species was almost same as those of T.parva. Comparative mapping analysis of several homologous genes on T.parva and T.sergenti chromosomes revealed that syntenies among some of the genes are not conserved, which indicated difference of genome structures between these two Theileria species.Although further studies are required to determine whole chromosome structure of T.parva, the results of this project provide a basal information about genome structures of Theileria parasite by establishing BAC library, obtaining ESTs, and comparing two theilerial genomes.