Functional and evolutionary analysis of a eukaryotic parasitic genome

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 499-505

  Vivarès, Christian P ^a   Gouy, Manolo ^b   Thomarat, Fabienne ^b   Méténier, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID; ANTIPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA PRIMASE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FATTY ACID; FERREDOXIN; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GUANINE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MONOSACCHARIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENERGY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 0036790030     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00356-9     Document Type: Review

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