EXTRACHROMOSOMAL NUCLEIC-ACIDS IN BOVINE-BABESIA

Authors
HOTZEL I JOHNSTON RC TAQUE J FARIAS NAR GONZALES JC OZAKI LS
Citation
I. Hotzel et al., EXTRACHROMOSOMAL NUCLEIC-ACIDS IN BOVINE-BABESIA, Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 87, 1992, pp. 101-102
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz → ACNP
ISSN journal
00740276
Volume
87
Year of publication
1992
Supplement
3
Pages
101 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(1992)87:<101:ENIB>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Two kinds of small extrachromosomal nucleic acid elements were found i n the bovine babesias, Babesia bovis and B. bigemina. One element with an apparent size of 5.5 kilobase pairs (kbp) is a double stranded RNA related to virus like particles. Another molecule is a double strande d DNA with a molecular size of about 62 kbp. Southern blot comparison of restriction DNA fragments of the latter molecule, which is present in both B. bovis and B. bigemina is described.