The intriguing nature of microsporidian genomes

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 115-124

  Corradi, Nicolas ^a   Slamovits, Claudio H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genome rearrangement; Genome reduction; Microsporidia; Multigene transcription; Next generation sequencing; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GIARDIA; GLYCOLYSIS; HOST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LIFESTYLE; MICROSPORIDIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPARASITISM; NONHUMAN; NOSEMOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, FUNGAL; MICROSPORIDIA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 80054784355     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elq032     Document Type: Article

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