Uniparental inheritance of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome b in Plasmodium falciparum.

doi:10.1007/BF00310900

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Uniparental inheritance of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome b in Plasmodium falciparum.

Current genetics - 1 Jan 1993

Creasey A M, Ranford-Cartwright L C, Moore D J, Williamson D H, Wilson R J, Walliker D, Carter R

Abstract excerpt

The inheritance of an extrachromosomal 6-kb element has been examined in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. A single base pair difference in the cytochrome b gene from the 6-kb element of two different cloned lines of the parasite was identified, and used as a marker in a cross in...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Cytochrome b Group
DNA, Single-Stranded
Genes, Protozoan
Genetic Variation
Mitochondria
Molecular Sequence Data
Plasmodium falciparum

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