Automated nuclear analysis of Leishmania major telomeric clusters reveals changes in their organization during the parasite's life cycle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Dossin, Fernando de M ^a   Dufour, Alexandre ^a,d   Dusch, Elodie ^a   Siqueira Neto, Jair L ^a   Moraes, Carolina B ^a,b   Yang, Gyong Seon ^a   Cano, Maria Isabel ^c   Genovesio, Auguste ^a   Freitas Jr , Lucio H ^a  

^a Institute Pasteur Korea   (South Korea)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; TELOMERE;

EID: 48649089317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002313     Document Type: Article

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