Molecular karyotype analysis of Perkinsus atlanticus (Phylum Perkinsozoa) by pulsed field gel electrophoresis

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2007

Autores

Leonor L Teles Grilo (Autor) Outra; Sergio M Duarte (Autor) Outra; Joana Tato Costa (Autor) Outra; Alexandre Gaspar Maia (Autor) Outra; Carla Oliveira (Autor) Outra; Antonio A Rocha (Autor) Outra; Americo Marques (Autor) Outra; Anabela Cordeiro da Silva (Autor) FFUP; Carlos Azevedo (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: European Journal of Protistology

Vol. 43 Nº 4

Páginas: 315-318

ISSN: 0932-4739

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 9 Citações

Scopus - 8 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Ciências biológicas

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-004-6G2

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2007.06.003

Abstract (EN): Perkinsus atlanticus is a pathogenic protist that infects the clam Ruditapes decussatus. Although it was recently proposed that the genus Perkinsus belongs to a new phylum, Perkinsozoa, in the infra-kingdom Alveolata, there remain different opinions about whether this genus should form a phylum on its own and consequently divergent views about its taxonomic characterization. In this work, we have identified nine chromosomes by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) combined with densitometry analysis. The obtained karyotype of Perkinsus atlanticus, like that of other early branches of the dinoflagellate lineage, displays a more conventional chromosome organization, different from that of most dinoflagellates.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 4