Complete circular DNA in the mitochondria-like organelles of Blastocystis hominis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1377-1382

  Wawrzyniak, Ivan ^a   Roussel, Michaël ^a   Diogon, Marie ^a   Couloux, Arnaud ^b   Texier, Catherine ^a   Tan, Kevin S W ^c   Vivarès, Christian P ^a   Delbac, Frédéric ^a   Wincker, Patrick ^b   El Alaoui, Hicham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastocystis hominis; Circular DNA molecule; Iron hydrogenase; MLOs

Indexed keywords

BETA SUCCINYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; CIRCULAR DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HYDROGEN; IRON HYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE) SUBUNIT 7; SUCCINYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMINID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PROTEIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CELL ORGANELLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENOME ANALYSIS; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; DNA, CIRCULAR; HUMANS; HYDROGENASE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 51249116888     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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