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The draft genome sequence of the ferret (Mustela putorius furo) facilitates study of human respiratory disease
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The draft genome sequence of the ferret (Mustela putorius furo) facilitates study of human respiratory disease

Xinxia Peng, Jessica Alföldi, Kevin Gori, Amie J Eisfeld, Scott R Tyler, Jennifer Tisoncik-Go, David Brawand, G Lynn Law, Nives Skunca, Masato Hatta, …
Nature biotechnology, Vol.32(12), pp.1250-1255
12/2014
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3079
PMCID: PMC4262547
PMID: 25402615
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Abstract

The domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is an important animal model for multiple human respiratory diseases. It is considered the 'gold standard' for modeling human influenza virus infection and transmission. Here we describe the 2.41 Gb draft genome assembly of the domestic ferret, constituting 2.28 Gb of sequence plus gaps. We annotated 19,910 protein-coding genes on this assembly using RNA-seq data from 21 ferret tissues. We characterized the ferret host response to two influenza virus infections by RNA-seq analysis of 42 ferret samples from influenza time-course data and showed distinct signatures in ferret trachea and lung tissues specific to 1918 or 2009 human pandemic influenza virus infections. Using microarray data from 16 ferret samples reflecting cystic fibrosis disease progression, we showed that transcriptional changes in the CFTR-knockout ferret lung reflect pathways of early disease that cannot be readily studied in human infants with cystic fibrosis disease.
Humans Molecular Sequence Annotation Molecular Sequence Data Chromosome Mapping Influenza, Human - transmission Sequence Analysis, DNA Animals Base Sequence Influenza, Human - genetics Orthomyxoviridae - genetics Influenza, Human - virology High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing Genome Orthomyxoviridae - pathogenicity Ferrets - genetics Disease Models, Animal

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