The mitotic stability of the minichromosomes of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-100

  Wickstead, Bill ^a   Ersfeld, Klaus ^b,c   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minichromosomes; Mitosis; Stability; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MINICHROMOSOME; MITOSIS RATE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0242266566     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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