Genome analysis and polar tube firing dynamics of mosquito-infecting microsporidia.
Autor(es): Troemel Emily R; Becnel James J
Resumo: Microsporidia are highly divergent fungi that are obligate intracellular pathogens of a wide range of host organisms. Here we review recent findings from the genome sequences of mosquito-infecting microsporidian species Edhazardia aedis and Vavraia culicis, which show large differences in genome size, although similar numbers of predicted genes. We also show a video of E. aedis polar tube firing, which is the dramatic mechanism used by microsporidia to deliver the germ cell (sporoplasm) into the host cell to initiate intracellular infection.
Imprenta: Fungal Genetics and Biology, v. 83, p. 41-44, 2015
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.08.007
Descritores: Aedes aegypti - Cell ; Aedes aegypti - Genome
Data de publicação: 2015
