Topic · Pharmacology · Medicine

Leech Biology and Applications

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Bioinformatics·bioRxivPreprint·Oct 31, 2026
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Structure-resolved fold annotation of the medicinal-leech salivary-EV cargo: a Ly-6/uPAR three-finger scaffold and a structurally dark fraction
Hongfen Cen, Fang Zhao, Juan Zhao…+2 more authors·Feng Zhao
The paper uses structure prediction to annotate the fold of uncharacterized proteins in medicinal leech salivary EVs, identifying one as a Ly-6/uPAR three-finger fold and leaving others unresolved.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.26.762066
protein structure·statistical model
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Genomics·bioRxivPreprint·Oct 21, 2026
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Chromosome-level genome assembly and transcriptome resource for the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana
Yusuke Tomina, Takayuki Watanabe, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Shuji Shigenobu
The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly and transcriptome resource for the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana using PacBio and Hi-C data.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.15.759518
whole-genome sequencing·bulk RNA-seq
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