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Extreme reduction and compaction of microsporidian genomes.
Research in microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Peyretaillade Eric, El Alaoui Hicham, Diogon Marie, Polonais Valérie, Parisot Nicolas, Biron David G, Peyret Pierre, Delbac Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
Microsporidia are fungi-related obligate intracellular parasites with a highly reduced and compact genome, as for Encephalitozoon species which harbor a genome smaller than 3 Mbp. Genome compaction is reflected by high gene density and, for larger microsporidian genomes, size variation is due to repeat elements that do not drastically affect gene density. Furthermore, these pathogens present strong host...
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