ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). T. rubrum dbEST consists of ESTs from this species deposited in the
public database. High-throughput scripts for the BLAST algorithms BLASTx and BLASTn [60] were used to search the nr-GenBank and T. rubrum dbEST, respectively, using the Blosum 62 matrix and default BLAST parameters. Similarity search against dbEST using the BLASTn algorithm, excluding the sequences previously Vactosertib deposited by our group, was regarded to be significant when the expected value (e-value) was less than 1e-20. For BLASTx searching, the top 5 scoring hits with e-values lower than 1e-3 were used to annotate each EST. Sequences that did not return alignments with the established e-value cut-offs were considered PLX-4720 clinical trial as no-matches. Our results were also compared to TrED database http://www.mgc.ac.cn/TrED. The functional classification of these unigenes was performed according to the Functional Catalogue created by the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS), gathered through a BLAST comparison of the query sequence (unigenes) against MIPS-annotated proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Neurospora crassa, Fusarium graminearum, and Ustilago maydis [61, 62]. This retrieves the MIPS accession number from the best hit (considering a minimum e-value of 1e-3), which in turn retrieves the functional category from the MIPS FunCat table. All computer analyses
were performed on Intel-based computers
(P4 and Xeon) using the Linux-based operating system Fedora 6. The scripts and programs were developed using the PERL language, and the web pages were created using CGI, Javascript, and HTML. Acknowledgements This study was supported Liothyronine Sodium by grants from the Brazilian funding agencies FAPESP, CNPq, CAPES, and FAEPA. We thank Dr AL Fachin for providing the F6 strain. Electronic supplementary material Additional file 1: T. rubrum EST database. The data show the complete list of ESTs that are differentially expressed in T. rubrum under different experimental conditions. (PDF 174 KB) Additional file 2: T. rubrum unigenes database. The data show the complete list of unigenes that are differentially expressed in T. rubrum under each experimental condition, the novel T. rubrum genes (highlighted) and their MIPS categorization. (PDF 692 KB) References 1. Weitzman I, Summerbell RC: The Dermatophytes. Clin Microbiol Rev 1995, 8:240–259.PubMed 2. Seebacher C, Bouchara JP, Mignon B: Updates on the epidemiology of dermatophyte infections. Mycopathologia 2008, 166:335–352.PubMedCrossRef 3. Tsuboi R, Ko IJ, Takamori K, Ogawa H: Isolation of a keratinolytic proteinase from Trichophyton mentagrophytes with enzymatic activity at acidic pH. Infect Immun 1989, 57:3479–3483.PubMed 4. Blank IH: Measurement of pH of the skin surface. J Invest Dermatol 1939, 2:75–79.CrossRef 5.