RNA-Seq-Based Metatranscriptomic and Microscopic Investigation Reveals Novel Metalloproteases of Neobodo sp. as Potential Virulence Factors for Soft Tunic Syndrome in Halocynthia roretzi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Jang, Ho Bin ^a   Kim, Young Kyu ^a   del Castillo, Carmelo S ^a,d   Nho, Seong Won ^a   Cha, In Seok ^a   Park, Seong Bin ^a   Ha, Mi Ae ^a   Hikima, Jun ichi ^a   Hong, Sung Jong ^c   Aoki, Takashi ^a,b   Jung, Tae Sung ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE C1; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE C2; METALLOPROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE M1; METALLOPROTEINASE M14; METALLOPROTEINASE M16; METALLOPROTEINASE M17; METALLOPROTEINASE M24; METALLOPROTEINASE M3; METALLOPROTEINASE M41; METALLOPROTEINASE M49; METALLOPROTEINASE M8; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE S51; SERINE PROTEINASE S9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEOBODO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; SCREENING TEST; SOFT TUNIC SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; EUGLENOZOA INFECTIONS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KINETOPLASTIDA; METALLOPROTEASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROCHORDATA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ASCIDIA; BODONIDAE; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; NEOBODO; NEOBODONIDA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84871644314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052379     Document Type: Article

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