Table 1

Areas in which Schistosoma transcriptome information will be applied during the post-genomic era

Resource

Application

Fabrication of whole transcriptome DNA microarrays

Resource for expression-profiling experiments, for example, across life-stages, between genders and so on

Construction of RNA interference (RNAi) libraries

Resource for the functional characterization of each deposited transcript

Initiation of whole-genome sequencing projects

Blueprint/template resource for initiation/completion of whole-genome sequencing projects

Characterization of proteome

Blueprint/template resource for identification of differentially expressed proteins, for example, across life-stages, between genders and so on

Investigation of evolutionary relationship amongst the metazoa

Resource for advanced phylogenetic studies

Identification of orthologous transcripts within or outside the genera

Resource for comparative genomic studies

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