title: Trypanosoma cf. carassii: the combination of malic enzyme patterns supports the theory of diploidy in trypanosomes.
abstract: Electrophoretic analysis of Trypanosoma cf. carassii strains from cyprinid fish revealed three basic types of enzyme patterns of malic enzyme (ME) in forms from culture. Two enzyme patterns were one-banded and differed only slightly in electrophoretic mobility. The third pattern consisted of three bands, the two marginals corresponding to respective bands of one-banded patterns and the third located in the middle. ME is thought to be dimeric in trypanosomes and therefore the triple-banded pattern may be regarded as the hybrid from combination of the former two. This fact supports the concept of diploidy in fish trypanosomes.
authors.affiliation: Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology, Ceské Budĕjovice.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zajícek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004171:Diploidy; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000201:enzymology*; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase