title: On the DNA content of Trypanosoma cruzi.
abstract: The DNA contents of three different Trypanosoma cruzi strains were compared by direct microfluorometry. The maximal difference found was 40% of the lowest value. Two of the cloned strains, reported in an earlier study to differ by 48% in their total DNA content, showed a difference of 33%. The kinetoplast of the Y strain made up about one third of its total genome. The absolute DNA content of T. cruzi was estimated at 125 to 200 fg.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tropical Veterinary Medicine and Protozoology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Kooy
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ashall
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van der Ploeg
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Overdulve
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D003592:Cytophotometry; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA