Molecular characteristics and physiology of microsporidia

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 407-415

  Méténier, Guy ^a   Vivarès, Christian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Gene; Genome; Metabolism; Microsporidia; Variability

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID; PROTEIN; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 0343338107     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01398-3     Document Type: Review

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