A comparison of kDNA restriction-endonuclease fragment patterns from strains representing selected Endotrypanum zymodemes was done by schizodeme analysis. As the degree of heterogeneity within mini-circles varied among species or strains of Endotrypanum, the fingerprint obtained with each of the restriction enzymes was unique for each of these parasites. The data have revealed that this trypano...

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UMSBP is a CCHC-type zinc finger protein, which functions during replication initiation of kinetoplast DNA minicircles and the segregation of kinetoplast DNA networks. Interactions of UMSBP with origin sequences, as well as the protein oligomerization, are affected by its redox state. Reduction yields UMSBP monomers and activates its binding to DNA, while oxidation drives UMSBP oligomerization ...

Several unit-length minicircles from the kinetoplast DNA of Leishmania tarentolae were cloned into pBR322 and into M13 phage vectors. The complete nucleotide sequences of three different partially homologous minicircles were obtained. The molecules contained a region of approx. 80% sequence homology extending for 160-270 bp and a region unique to each minicircle . A 14-mer was found to be conse...

In a recent paper (5), Noyes et al. discussed a nested-PCRbased approach for identification and analysis of Leishmania kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle classes using the analysis of minicircle variable-region (VR) restriction profiles. The kDNA of trypanosomatids consists of catenated minicircle (approximately 5 3 10 to 5 3 10 per associate) and maxicircle (20 to 50 per associate) molecules (8...

In a recent paper (5), Noyes et al. discussed a nested-PCRbased approach for identification and analysis of Leishmania kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle classes using the analysis of minicircle variable-region (VR) restriction profiles. The kDNA of trypanosomatids consists of catenated minicircle (approximately 5 3 10 to 5 3 10 per associate) and maxicircle (20 to 50 per associate) molecules (8...

In trypanosomatids, the kinetoplast is the portion of the single mitochondrion that is connected to the basal body and contains the kDNA, a network composed by circular and interlocked DNA. The kDNA packing is conducted by Kinetoplast Associated Proteins (KAPs), which are similar to eukaryotic histone H1. In symbiont-harboring trypanosomatids (SHTs) such as Angomonas deanei and Strigomonas culi...