Gene amplification in Entamoeba histolytica

Invasion and Metastasis

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 269-279

  Báez Camargo, Marzella ^a   Gharaibeh, Rima ^b   Riverón, Ana Maria ^b,c   De la Hernández, Fidel Cruz ^a   Luna, Juan Pedro ^a,b   Gariglio, Patricio ^a,b   Chávez, Pedro ^a   Orozco, Esther ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b Program of Molecular Biomedicine   (Cuba)

^c NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Entamoeba histolytica; rDNA; Unscheduled gene amplification

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA STRUCTURE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0030417262     PISSN: 02511789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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