Tandem arrangement of tubulin genes in the protozoan parasite Leishmania enriettii.
The arrangement of developmentally regulated alpha- and beta-tubulin genes has been studied in the parasitic protozoan Leishmania enriettii by using Southern blot hybridization analysis. The alpha-tubulin genes occur in a tandem repeat whose monomeric unit may be represented by a 2-kilobase PstI fragment. Similarly, the beta-tubulin genes probably occur in a separate tandem repeat consisting of approximately 4-kilobase units unlinked to the alpha-tubulin repeats.
D000818:Animals; D005796:Genes; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D007891:Leishmania / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics*
D014404:Tubulin