Fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence in situ hybridization of Entamoeba histolytica nuclei to analyse mitosis and the localization of repetitive DNA

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-296

  Willhoeft, Ute ^a   Tannich, Egbert ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Entamoeba histolytica; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Mitosis; Ploidy; rDNA

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; GENE LOCATION; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLOIDIES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033958948     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00181-4     Document Type: Article

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