Homologous Recombination Occurs in Entamoeba and Is Enhanced during Growth Stress and Stage Conversion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Singh, Nishant ^a   Bhattacharya, Alok ^a   Bhattacharya, Sudha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST FORMATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INVERTED REPEAT; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STARVATION; TROPHOZOITE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; ENTAMOEBA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884748497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074465     Document Type: Article

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