The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Loftus, Brendan; Anderson, Iain; Davies, Rob; Cecilia M. Alsmark, U.; Samuelson, John; Amedeo, Paolo; Roncaglia, Paola; Berriman, Matthew; P. Hirt, Robert; J. Mann, Barbara; Nozaki, Tomo; Suh, Bernard; Pop, Mihai; Duchêne, Michael; P Ackers, J; Tannich, Egbert; Leippe, Matthias; Hofer, Margit; Bruchhaus, Iris; Willhoeft, Ute; Bhattacharya, Alok; Chillingworth, Tracey; Churcher, Carol; Hance, Zahra; Harris, Barbara; Harris, David; Jagels, Kay; Moule, Sharon; Mungall, Karen; Ormond, Doug; Squares, Rob; Whitehead, Sally; A. Quail, Michael; Rabbinowitsch, Ester; Norbertczak, Halina; Price, Claire; Wang, Zheng; Guillén, Nancy; A. Gilchrist, Carol; Stroup, Suzanne; Bhattacharya, Sudha; Lohia, Anuradha; G. Foster, Peter; Sicheritz‐Pontén, Thomas; Weber, Christian; Singh, Upinder; Mukherjee, Chandrama; M. El-Sayed, Najib; A. Petri, William; Graham Clark, C; Martin Embley, T.; Barrell, Bart; M. Fraser, Claire; Hall, Neil

doi:10.1038/nature03291

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The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Published in Nature • Feb 1, 2005

Authors:

Brendan Loftus

Iain Anderson

Rob Davies

Abstract

The genome sequence of the pathogen Entamoeba histolytica is reported this week. E. histolytica causes amoebiasis, the second most deadly protozoan disease after malaria. The genome contains adaptations shared with other anaerobic pathogens such as Trichomonas and Giardia. And there is evidence that...

Subject

Entamoeba histolytica

Biology

Genome

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