The two nuclei of Giardia each have complete copies of the genome and are partitioned equationally at cytokinesis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-199

  Yu, Li Zhi ^a   Birky Jr , C William ^a   Adam, Rodney D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLOMONADIDA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; S PHASE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036545678     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.2.191-199.2002     Document Type: Article

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