Cryptosporidium parvum: the many secrets of a small genome

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 553-565

  Spano, Furio ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Chromosome structure; Cryptosporidium parvum; Extra chromosomal DNA; Genetic markers; Genotypes; Microsatellites; Molecular karyotype; Nuclear genome; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

GENOME; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOMPLEXA; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034013964     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00188-5     Document Type: Article

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