Genomic organization of telomeric and subtelomeric sequences of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1435-1443

  Conte, F F ^a   Cano, M I N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania amazonensis; Leishmania conserved telomere associated sequences; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Subtelomeric region; Telomeres; Terminal restriction fragments

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENOMIC DNA;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RESTRICTION SITE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 26944473989     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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