CHROMOSOME SIZE POLYMORPHISM AND DNA REARRANGEMENTS IN PLASMODIUM

被引:30
作者
JANSE, CJ
机构
[1] Laboratory for Parasitology, University of Leiden, 2300 RC Leiden, Wassenaarseweg 62
来源
PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1993年 / 9卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0169-4758(93)90158-C
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
In this review Chris Janse outlines the available data that suggest that the major chromosome size polymorphisms in Plasmodium are the result of aberrant DNA rearrangements during mitosis, These rearrangements seem to have no specific function and occur in the DNA of many other eukaryotes.
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