Microsporidian mitochondrial proteins: Expression in antonospora locustae spores and identification of genes coding for two further proteins

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-276

  Williams, Bryony A P ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amitochondriate; Antonospora; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Inner membrane peptidase; Mitosome; Paranosema

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; FUNGUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SPORULATION;

ANTONOSPORA LOCUSTAE; ARCHEZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA HOMINIS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE E1ALPHA SUBUNIT; PYRUVATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROSPORIDA; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSPORIDIA; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 27744455707     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.05-00036.x     Document Type: Article

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