Genome sequence surveys of Brachiola algerae and Edhazardia aedis reveal microsporidia with low gene densities

BMC Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Williams, Bryony A P ^a   Lee, Renny C H ^a   Becnel, James J ^b   Weiss, Louis M ^c   Fast, Naomi M ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BRACHIOLA ALGERAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EDHAZARDIA AEDIS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AEDES; ANIMAL; APANSPOROBLASTINA; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

BRACHIOLA ALGERAE; EDHAZARDIA AEDIS; MICROSPORIDIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; APANSPOROBLASTINA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENOME, FUNGAL; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 44149118881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-200     Document Type: Article

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