Genome sequencing and comparative genomics of honey bee microsporidia, Nosema apis reveal novel insights into host-parasite interactions

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Yan ping ^a   Pettis, Jeffery S ^a   Zhao, Yan ^b   Liu, Xinyue ^c   Tallon, Luke J ^c   Sadzewicz, Lisa D ^c   Li, Renhua ^d   Zheng, Huoqing ^e   Huang, Shaokang ^f   Zhang, Xuan ^g   Hamilton, Michele C ^a   Pernal, Stephen F ^h   Melathopoulos, Andony P ^h   Yan, Xianghe ⁱ   Evans, Jay D ^a  

^a USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WINDBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Genome; Honey bees; Microsporidia; Nosema

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HONEYBEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NOSEMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 84879826379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-451     Document Type: Article

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