Simplicity and complexity of microsporidian genomes

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1363-1369

  Keeling, Patrick J ^a   Slamovits, Claudio H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MICROSPORIDIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 11144335933     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.6.1363-1369.2004     Document Type: Short Survey

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