The Schistosome Esophagus Is a ‘Hotspot’ for Microexon and Lysosomal Hydrolase Gene Expression: Implications for Blood Processing

• R. Alan Wilson ,

  * E-mail: alan.wilson@york.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

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• Xiao Hong Li,

  Affiliations Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

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• Sandy MacDonald,

  Affiliation Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

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• Leandro Xavier Neves,

  Affiliation Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

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• Juliana Vitoriano-Souza,

  Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Luciana C. C. Leite,

  Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Leonardo P. Farias,

  Affiliations Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil, Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rua Waldemar Falcão, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

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• Sally James,

  Affiliation Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

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• Peter D. Ashton,

  Affiliation Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

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• Ricardo DeMarco,

  Affiliation Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brasil

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• William Castro Borges

  Affiliation Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

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