Replication initiates at multiple dispersed sites in the ribosomal DNA plasmid of the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2314-2324

  Dhar, Suman Kumar ^a   Choudhury, Nirupam Roy ^b   Mittal, Vivek ^a,c   Bhattacharya, Alok ^a   Bhattacharya, Sudha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Center for Biotechnology   (India)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0029864076     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.5.2314     Document Type: Article

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