Identification of a DNA fragment that increases mitotic stability of episomal linear DNAs in Leishmania major

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 973-980

  Casagrande, Liane ^a   Ruiz, Jeronimo C ^a,c   Beverley, Stephen M ^b   Cruz, Angela K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Faculdades COC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Centromere; Leishmania; Linear artificial chromosomes; Mitotic stability

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPISOME; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOMIC LIBRARY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MITOSIS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA (PROPER); LEISHMANIA (SUBGENUS); LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 23144435986     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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