Organelles in Blastocystis that Blur the Distinction between Mitochondria and Hydrogenosomes

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 580-585

  Stechmann, Alexandra ^a   Hamblin, Karleigh ^b   Pérez Brocal, Vicente ^c   Gaston, Daniel ^a   Richmond, Gregory S ^c   van der Giezen, Mark ^b   Clark, C  Graham ^c   Roger, Andrew J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BLASTOCYSTIS; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; NYCTOTHERUS OVALIS;

EID: 42049100344     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.037     Document Type: Article

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