Entamoeba shows reversible variation in ploidy under different growth conditions and between life cycle phases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Mukherjee, Chandrama ^a   Clark, C Graham ^b   Lohia, Anuradha ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; TRANSFER RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SIZE; PLOIDY; RNA SEQUENCE; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; ENTAMOEBA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFE CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLOIDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 56149124861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000281     Document Type: Article

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