Balancing loss of function with shrinking genomes in the microsporidia

Virulence

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-70

  Keeling, Patrick J ^a   Corradi, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Evolution; Fungi; Genomics; Glycolysis; Metabolism; Microsporidia; Parasite; Subtelomere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GENOMICS; GLYCOLYSIS; MICROSPORIDIA; ANIMAL; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS;

EID: 79951504714     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.2.1.14606     Document Type: Article

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