Melanotaenia fluviatilis Assembly. Melanotaenia fluviatilis

The primary goal of the study was to assemble a reference transcriptome of M.fluviatilis protein-coding sequences (mRNA) to facilitate future genome-wide expression studies (microarrays or RNA-Seq), focused gene expression studies (qRT-PCR) and protein functional characterization (e.g. in vitro receptor ligand sensitivity/specificity studies using reporter assays). M.fluviatilis is an emerging model organism used for ecotoxicological studies in the Australasia region.