The Genome of Spironucleus salmonicida Highlights a Fish Pathogen Adapted to Fluctuating Environments

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Feifei ^a   Jerlström Hultqvist, Jon ^a   Einarsson, Elin ^a   Ástvaldsson, Ásgeir ^a   Svärd, Staffan G ^a   Andersson, Jan O ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SULFUR;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLATE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIRONUCLEUS SALMONICIDA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; DIPLOMONADIDA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; GENETICS; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; DIPLOMONADIDA; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; GENOME; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84901726613     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004053     Document Type: Article

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