Chromosomal composition of the genome in the monomorphic diplokaryotic microsporidium Paranosema grylli: Analysis by two-dimensional pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 145-157

  Nassonova, Elena ^a   Cornillot, Emmanuel ^b   Méténier, Guy ^b   Agafonova, Nina ^a   Kudryavtsev, Boris ^a   Skarlato, Sergei ^a   Vivarès, Christian P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome length polymorphism; Diplokaryon; KARD 2 D PFGE; Meiosis; Microsporidia; Molecular karyotype; Ploidy

Indexed keywords

MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; PARANOSEMA GRYLLI;

EID: 20444436461     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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