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Microsporidian genome analysis reveals evolutionary strategies for obligate intracellular growth.
Genome research - 1 Dec 2012
Cuomo Christina A, Desjardins Christopher A, Bakowski Malina A, Goldberg Jonathan, Ma Amy T, Becnel James J, Didier Elizabeth S, Fan Lin, Heiman David I, Levin Joshua Z, Young Sarah, Zeng Qiandong, Troemel Emily R
Abstract excerpt
Microsporidia comprise a large phylum of obligate intracellular eukaryotes that are fungal-related parasites responsible for widespread disease, and here we address questions about microsporidia biology and evolution. We sequenced three microsporidian genomes from two species, Nematocida parisii and Nematocida sp1, which are natural pathogens of Caenorhabditis nematodes and provide model systems for studying...
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