Predicting the Proteins of Angomonas deanei, Strigomonas culicis and Their Respective Endosymbionts Reveals New Aspects of the Trypanosomatidae Family

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  Motta, Maria Cristina Machado ^a   Martins, Allan Cezar de Azevedo ^a   de Souza, Silvana Sant'Anna ^a   Catta Preta, Carolina Moura Costa ^a   Silva, Rosane ^a   Klein, Cecilia Coimbra ^b,c,d   de Almeida, Luiz Gonzaga Paula ^b   de Lima Cunha, Oberdan ^b   Ciapina, Luciane Prioli ^b   Brocchi, Marcelo ^e   Colabardini, Ana Cristina ^f   de Araujo Lima, Bruna ^e   Machado, Carlos Renato ^h   de Almeida Soares, Célia Maria ⁱ   Probst, Christian Macagnan ^j   de Menezes, Claudia Beatriz Afonso ^e   Thompson, Claudia Elizabeth ^b   Bartholomeu, Daniella Castanheira ^h   Gradia, Daniela Fiori ^j   Pavoni, Daniela Parada ^j   Grisard, Edmundo C ^k   Fantinatti Garboggini, Fabiana ^e   Marchini, Fabricio Klerynton ^j   Rodrigues Luiz, Gabriela Flávia ^h   Wagner, Glauber ^k   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^f   Fietto, Juliana Lopes Rangel ^l   Elias, Maria Carolina ^m   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^f   Sagot, Marie France ^c,d   Pereira, Maristela ⁱ   Stoco, Patrícia H ^k   de Mendonça Neto, Rondon Pessoa ^h   Teixeira, Santuza Maria Ribeiro ^h   Maciel, Talles Eduardo Ferreira ^l   de Oliveira Mendes, Tiago Antônio ^h   Ürményi, Turán P ^a   de Souza, Wanderley ^a   Schenkman, Sergio ^g   de Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro ^b   more..

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^c BAMBOO Team   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^j INSTITUTO CARLOS CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^k FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^l FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^m INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ALCALIGENACEAE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGOMONAS DEANEI; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; COEVOLUTION; CYTOSKELETON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; KINETOPLAST; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PURINE METABOLISM; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; PYROSEQUENCING; STRIGOMONAS CULICIS; SYMBIOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

ALCALIGENACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCRITHIDIA CULICIS; CRITHIDIA DEANEI; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84875784041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060209     Document Type: Article

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