Toxoplasma gondii - GCA_000006565.2 (GCA000006565v2)

Toxoplasma gondii - GCA_000006565.2 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About the Toxoplasma gondii genome

Toxoplasma gondii is a parasitic protist, belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa. It is carried by cats and few warm blooded animals including humans. Up to 20 to 30% of the world's population is estimated to be chronically infected with the apicomplexan parasite. It causes the Toxoplasmosis which is usually minor and self-limiting disease but can have serious or even fatal effects during pregnancy or in an immunocompromised human or cat.

Assembly

The T. gondii genome is ~70 Mb in size and consists of 14 chromosomes. The T. gondii genome, like many other apicomplexan parasites possess a nonphotosynthetic plastid, referred to as the apicoplast. The assembly presented has been imported from INSDC.

Annotation

The annotation has been imported from VEuPathDB.

References

  1. ToxoDB: accessing the Toxoplasma gondii genome.
    Kissinger JC, Gajria B, Li L, Paulsen IT, Roos DS. 2003. Nucleic Acids Res.. 31:234-236.

Statistics

Summary

AssemblyGCA000006565v2, INSDC Assembly GCA_000006565.2,
Database version114.2
Golden Path Length65,669,794
Genebuild byVEuPathDB ToxoDB
Genebuild methodImport
Data sourceGenBank

Gene counts

Coding genes8,140
Non coding genes614
Small non coding genes612
Long non coding genes2
Pseudogenes24
Gene transcripts8,842