Arrays of repetitive DNA elements in the largest chromosomes of Toxoplasma gondii

Genome

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-269

  Matrajt, Mariana ^a,b   Angel, Sergio O ^a   Pszenny, Viviana ^a   Guarnera, Eduardo ^a   Roos, David S ^b   Garberi, Juan C ^a  

^a Institutos Salud Dr C G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular karyotype; Satellite DNA; Tandem repeat; Telomere; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DNA FRAGMENT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPETITIVE DNA;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033120606     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g98-120     Document Type: Article

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