A broad distribution of the alternative oxidase in microsporidian parasites

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Williams, Bryony A P ^a,b   Elliot, Catherine ^c   Burri, Lena ^b   Kido, Yasutoshi ^d   Kita, Kiyoshi ^d   Moore, Anthony L ^c   Keeling, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ANTONOSPORA LOCUSTAE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; GENOME; GIARDIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARCHEZOA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; MICROSPORIDIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77649248007     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000761     Document Type: Article

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