Molecular Mechanisms of Microsporidia Infection
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 90
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Bombyx mori; Nosema bombycis; BmNPV; BmCPV; white muscardine
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Dear Colleagues,
Microsporidian infections are ubiquitous in almost all terrestrial and aquatic animals, from protists to mammals, and represent emerging pathogens and important pests in sericulture, fisheries or shrimp farming. As obligate intracellular eukaryotic parasites, microsporidia have a complex relationship with their hosts. This Special Issue encourages authors to submit new research on the immunology, energy and material exchange between microsporidia and their hosts. Contributions on the mechanism of vertical transmission of microsporidia, genomic editing of microsporidia, breeding of microsporidia-resistant animals and development of new anti-microsporidia drugs are also welcome.
Dr. Xuedong Tang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microsporidia
- genomic editing
- microsporidia-resistant animals
- anti-microsporidia drugs
- transmission mechanism
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