A long range restriction map of chromosome 5 of Plasmodium berghei demonstrates a chromosome specific symmetrical subtelomeric organisation

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-115

  Van Lin, Leonard H M ^a   Pace, Tomasino ^a   Janse, Chris J ^a   Scotti, Raffaella ^a   Ponzi, Marta ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 0031000185     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)02842-9     Document Type: Article

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