Abstract:
:Superposition of two unrelated processes, namely terminal reticulocyte differentiation and synchronous plasmodial development, takes place in experimental infections of Plasmodium berghei. The first process is shown to be responsible for the appearance of some discrete restriction bands of host origin when DNA is extracted from leucocyte-free blood containing synchronous parasites at early stages of infection. These discrete DNA fragments cross-hybridize with host cell mitochondrial DNA. Purification steps are suggested to reduce this effect, which might be relevant also in the case of other plasmodial species exhibiting preference for reticulocytes as host cell.
journal_name
Mol Biochem Parasitoljournal_title
Molecular and biochemical parasitologyauthors
Pace T,Ponzi M,Dore E,Scotti R,Mons Bdoi
10.1016/0166-6851(89)90107-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-11-01 00:00:00pages
109-13issue
1eissn
0166-6851issn
1872-9428pii
0166-6851(89)90107-2journal_volume
37pub_type
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