In vitro propagation of the microsporidian pathogen Brachiola algerae and studies of its chromosome and ribosomal DNA organization in the context of the complete genome sequencing project

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-71

  Belkorchia, Abdel ^a,b   Biderre, Corinne ^a,b   Militon, Cécile ^a,b   Polonais, Valérie ^a,c   Wincker, Patrick ^d   Jubin, Claire ^c   Delbac, Frédéric ^a,c   Peyretaillade, Eric ^a,b   Peyret, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b Génomique Intégrée des Interactions Microbiennes ^*  (France)

^c Parasitologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire   (France)

^d Genoscope   (France)

Author keywords

Brachiola algerae; Insect cell lines; LSU rRNA gene secondary structure; Microsporidia; Molecular karyotype; rDNA transcription unit

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KARYOTYPE; MICROSPORIDIAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; APANSPOROBLASTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE ORDER; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HEMOCYTES; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, EUKARYOTIC;

BRACHIOLA ALGERAE; HEXAPODA; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 36148961222     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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