The mitochondrion in dividing Leishmania tarentolae cells is symmetric and circular and becomes a single asymmetric tubule in non-dividing cells due to division of the kinetoplast portion

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-78

  Simpson, Larry ^a,b,c   Kretzer, Frank ^d  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetoplast; Leishmania tarentolae; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DETERMINATION; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; LEISHMANIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA;

LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030856379     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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