Lack of a chromosomal copy of the circular rDNA plasmid of Entamoeba histolytica

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1775-1783

  Bagchi, Anindya ^a   Bhattacharya, Alok ^a   Bhattacharya, Sudha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anomalous migration; Circular DNA; Entamoeba histolytica; Exonuclease Bal31; Extrachromosomal rDNA; Genome mapping; Molecular karyotype; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PLASMIDS;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0032729376     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00125-3     Document Type: Article

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