Intraclonal mating in Trypanosoma brucei is associated with out-crossing

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 909-920

  Gibson, Wendy ^a   Winters, Kathleen ^b   Mizen, Ginny ^b   Kearns, Julia ^a   Bailey, Mick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic exchange; Selfing; Transformation; Trisomy; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLINE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN; TUBULIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLONING; DIFFUSION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOSITY; KARYOTYPING; MATING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030937089     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-909     Document Type: Article

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