Complete genome sequences from three genetically distinct strains reveal high intraspecies genetic diversity in the microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 503-511

  Pombert, Jean François ^a   Xu, Jinshan ^a   Smith, David R ^a   Heiman, David ^b   Young, Sarah ^a   Cuomo, Christina A ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^c   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 84875483979     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00312-12     Document Type: Article

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