Evidence for the smallest nuclear genome (2.9 Mb) in the microsporidium Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 229-231

  Biderre, Corinne ^a   Pagès, Michel ^b   Méténier, Guy ^a   Canning, Elizabeth U ^c   Christian, Vivarès P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Microsporidia; Molecular karyotype; PFGE; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOME; MICROSPORUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EVOLUTION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 0029587735     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02495-6     Document Type: Article

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