The Transcriptome Sequence of Dientamoeba fragilis Offers New Biological Insights on its Metabolism, Kinome, Degradome and Potential Mechanisms of Pathogenicity

Protist

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 389-408

  Barratt, J L N ^a,b   Cao, M ^b   Stark, D J ^b,c   Ellis, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degradome; Dientamoeba fragilis; Kinome; RNA seq; Transcriptome; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONADIDA;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CYTOSKELETON; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84937152167     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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