Intra- and interspecific polymorphisms ofLeishmania donovani andL. tropica minicircle DNA

Intra- and interspecific chromosome polymorphisms in cultivated Cichorium L. species (Asteraceae)

Endive (Cichorium endivia L.) and chicory (C. intybus L.) both have 2n = 18, but until now, there has been no detailed karyomorphological characterization. The present work evaluated five accessions of each species using FISH with rDNA probes and fluorochrome staining with CMA and DAPI. Both species presented distinct banding patterns after fluorochrome staining: while endive had proximal CMA(+...

Structure of Leishmania minicircle kinetoplast DNA classes.

In a recent paper (5), Noyes et al. discussed a nested-PCRbased approach for identification and analysis of Leishmania kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle classes using the analysis of minicircle variable-region (VR) restriction profiles. The kDNA of trypanosomatids consists of catenated minicircle (approximately 5 3 10 to 5 3 10 per associate) and maxicircle (20 to 50 per associate) molecules (8...

Structure of Leishmania Minicircle Kinetoplast DNA Classes

In a recent paper (5), Noyes et al. discussed a nested-PCRbased approach for identification and analysis of Leishmania kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle classes using the analysis of minicircle variable-region (VR) restriction profiles. The kDNA of trypanosomatids consists of catenated minicircle (approximately 5 3 10 to 5 3 10 per associate) and maxicircle (20 to 50 per associate) molecules (8...

Detection of Leishmania donovani and L. tropica in Ethiopian wild rodents.

Human visceral (VL, also known as Kala-azar) and cutaneous (CL) leishmaniasis are important infectious diseases affecting countries in East Africa that remain endemic in several regions of Ethiopia. The transmission and epidemiology of the disease is complicated due to the complex life cycle of the parasites and the involvement of various Leishmania spp., sand fly vectors, and reservoir animals...

Sequence heterogeneity in kinetoplast minicircle DNA of Leishmania majer