Direct visualisation of individual gene organisation in Trypanosoma brucei by high-resolution in situ hybridisation

Chromosoma

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-240

  Ersfeld, Klaus ^a   Asbeck, Karin ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; TANDEM REPEAT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TUBULIN;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0031669199     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050302     Document Type: Article

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