Chromosome mapping in Cryptosporidium parvum and establishment of a long-range restriction map for chromosome VI

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-238

  Putignani, Lorenza ^a   Sallicandro, Pina ^b   Alano, Pietro ^b   Abrahamsen, Mitchell S ^c   Crisanti, Andrea ^d   Spano, Furio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal location; Contour clamped homogeneous electric field gel electrophoresis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Long range restriction map; Molecular karyotype; Telomeric repeat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME MAP; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032811934     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00198-6     Document Type: Article

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