The electrophoretic karyotype of Entamoeba histolytica

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-53

  Willhoeft, Ute ^a   Tannich, Egbert ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosome assignment; Entamoeba histolytica; Karyotype; Ploidy; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; KARYOTYPING; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLOIDIES;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033525846     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00178-9     Document Type: Article

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