Host-Parasite Interactions and Purifying Selection in a Microsporidian Parasite of Honey Bees.

To clarify the mechanisms of Nosema ceranae parasitism, we deep-sequenced both honey bee host and parasite mRNAs throughout a complete 6-day infection cycle. By time-series analysis, 1122 parasite genes were significantly differently expressed during the reproduction cycle, clustering into 4 express...

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Main Authors: Qiang Huang, Yan Ping Chen, Rui Wu Wang, Shang Cheng, Jay D Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4739525?pdf=render