The Alveolate Perkinsus marinus: Biological Insights from EST Gene Discovery

BACKGROUND:Perkinsus marinus, a protozoan parasite of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, has devastated natural and farmed oyster populations along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. It is classified as a member of the Perkinsozoa, a recently established phylum considered clos...

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Main Authors: Joseph, Sandeep, Fernandez-Robledo, Jose, Gardner, Malcolm, El-Sayed, Najib, Kuo, Chih-Horng, Schott, Eric, Wang, Haiming, Kissinger, Jessica, Vasta, Gerardo
Other Authors: Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Language:en
Published: BioMed Central 2010
Online Access:Joseph et al. BMC Genomics 2010, 11:228 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/228
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610012
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610012