Discovery of immune related factors in Fenneropenaeus chinensis by annotation of ESTs

摘要

A total of 10446 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are obtained by a large-scale sequencing of a cDNA library from cephalothorax of adult Fenneropenaeus chinensis. An ES I' analysis platform was built up based on local computers and bioinformatic techniques were used to annotate these ESTs in order 10 promptly find possible functional genes, especially for immune related factors. About 4% of the ESTs show similarity to the coding sequences of such factors, including lectin, serine protease, serpin, lysozyme, etc. These ESTs provide s partial profile of the immune system in F. chinensis and useful information for further study on these genes.