Splicing and transcription differ between spore and intracellular life stages in the parasitic microsporidia

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1579-1584

  Gill, Erin E ^a,b   Lee, Renny C H ^a,c   Corradi, Nicolas ^a   Grisdale, Cameron J ^a   Limpright, Valerie O ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^a   Fast, Naomi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Genome reduction; Intron; Microsporidia; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTONOSPORA LOCUSTAE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ANTONOSPORA LOCUSTAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICROSPORIDIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77953756763     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq050     Document Type: Article

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