Lateral Gene Transfer in the Adaptation of the Anaerobic Parasite Blastocystis to the Gut

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 807-820

  Eme, Laura ^a   Gentekaki, Eleni ^b   Curtis, Bruce ^a   Archibald, John M ^a,c   Roger, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; anaerobiosis; Blastocystis; Crohn's disease; immune evasion; lateral gene transfer; NAD synthase; parasite; pathogenicity; protist

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; ENTEROPATHY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85014108492     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.003     Document Type: Article

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