Diversity and dynamics of the minichromosomal karyotype in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-88

  Alsford, Sam ^a   Wickstead, Bill ^a   Ersfeld, Klaus ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Karyotype; Minichromosome; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Telomeres; Trypanosoma brucei; VSG

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; GLYCOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MINICHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; KARYOTYPING; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0035096385     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00388-1     Document Type: Article

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