Genomic analyses of the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an emergent pathogen of honey bees

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Cornman, R Scott ^a   Chen, Yan Ping ^a   Schatz, Michael C ^b   Street, Craig ^c   Zhao, Yan ^d   Desany, Brian ^e   Egholm, Michael ^e   Hutchison, Stephen ^e   Pettis, Jeffery S ^a   Lipkin, W Ian ^c   Evans, Jay D ^a  

^a USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

^e 454 Life Sciences/Roche Applied Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEOME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; START CODON; TATA BOX; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CODON; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PATHOGENICITY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

APIS MELLIFERA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; HEXAPODA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSEMA; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 67650930861     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000466     Document Type: Article

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