Ribosomal gene polymorphism in small genomes: Analysis of different 16s rRNA sequences expressed in the honeybee parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-50

  Sagastume, Soledad ^a   Martín Hernández, Raquel ^a,b   Higes, Mariano ^a   Henriques Gil, Nuno ^c  

^a Centro Apicola Regional   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Recursos Humanos Para la Ciencia y la Tecnología INCRECYT   (Spain)

^c Campus de Mont Epríncipe   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; genetic variability; insertion deletion; Nosema ceranae; ribosomal small subunit; RNA secondary structure; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; PARASITE; POLYMORPHISM; SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

APIS MELLIFERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INSERTION-DELETION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL SMALL SUBUNIT; RNA GENE; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

APIS MELLIFERA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSERTION-DELETION; NOSEMA CERANAE; RIBOSOMAL SMALL SUBUNIT; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSEMA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84893678746     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12084     Document Type: Article

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