Comparative analysis of trichomonad genome sizes and karyotypes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-54

  Zubáčová, Zuzana ^a   Cimbůrek, Zdeněk ^b   Tachezy, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C value; Cell size; Genome size; Karyotype; Trichomonas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FLAGELLATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; HAPLOIDY; KARYOTYPE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HAPLOIDY; KARYOTYPING; PHYLOGENY; TRICHOMONADIDA;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; PARABASALIDEA; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS;

EID: 47949105548     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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