Quantitation of absolute Pneumocystis carinii nuclear DNA content. Trophic and cystic forms isolated from infected rat lungs are haploid organisms

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-239

  Wyder, Michael A ^a   Rasch, Ellen M ^b   Kaneshiro, Edna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst wall; DAPI; DB181; Fluorescence; Glycocalyx; Intracystic bodies; Life cycle stages; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Spores

Indexed keywords

4,6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; DNA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL SPORE; HAPLOIDY; LUNG; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032077424     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04531.x     Document Type: Article

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