Genomic Minimalism in the Early Diverging Intestinal Parasite <i>Giardia lamblia</i>

G. Morrison, Hilary; G. McArthur, Andrew; D. Gillin, Frances; B. Aley, Stephen; D. Adam, Rodney; J. Olsen, Gary; A. Best, Aaron; Zacheus Cande, W.; Chen, Feng; J. Cipriano, Michael; J. Davids, Barbara; C. Dawson, Scott; G. Elmendorf, Heidi; B. Hehl, Adrian; Holder, Michael; M. Huse, Susan; U. Kim, Ulandt; Lasek‐Nesselquist, Erica; Manning, Gerard; Nigam, Anuranjini; Nixon, Julie; Palm, Daniel; E. Passamaneck, Nora; Prabhu, Anjali; I. Reich, Claudia; S. Reiner, David; Samuelson, John; G. Svärd, Staffan; L. Sogin, Mitchell

doi:10.1126/science.1143837

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Genomic Minimalism in the Early Diverging Intestinal Parasite Giardia lamblia

Published in Science • Sep 27, 2007

Authors:

Hilary G. Morrison

Andrew G. McArthur

Frances D. Gillin

Abstract

The genome of the eukaryotic protist Giardia lamblia, an important human intestinal parasite, is compact in structure and content, contains few introns or mitochondrial relics, and has simplified machinery for DNA replication, transcription, RNA processing, and most metabolic pathways. Protein kinas...

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Giardia lamblia

Biology

Genome

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