Sequencing and analysis of chromosome 1 of Eimeria tenella reveals a unique segmental organization.

• Main Authors: Ling , King Hwa, Rajandream, Marie Adèle, Rivailler, Pierre, Ivens, Alasdair C., Yap, Soon J., Madeira, Alda Maria Backx Noronha, Mungall, Karen L., Billington, Karen J., Yee, Wai Y., Bankier, Alan T., Carroll, Fionnadh, Durham, Alan Mitchell, Peters, Nick T., Loo, Shu S., Isa, M. N M, Novaes, Jeniffer, Quail, Michael A., Rosli, Rozita, Shamsudin, Mariana Nor, Sobreira, Tiago José Pascoal, Tivey, Adrian R., Wai, Siew F., White, Sarah E., Wu, Xikun, Kerhornou, Arnaud X., Blake, Damer P., Mohamed, Rahmah I., Shirley, Martin W., Gruber, Arthur, Berriman, Matthew, Tomley, Fiona M Fiona, Dear, Paul H., Wan, Kiew Lian
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2007
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16675/1/Sequencing%20and%20analysis%20of%20chromosome%201%20of%20Eimeria%20tenella%20reveals%20a%20unique%20segmental%20organization.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16675/; http://genome.cshlp.org/

Eimeria tenella is an intracellular protozoan parasite that infects the intestinal tracts of domestic fowl and causes coccidiosis, a serious and sometimes lethal enteritis. Eimeria falls in the same phylum (Apicomplexa) as several human and animal parasites such as Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma, and t...