Table 1.

Identification of J in kinetoplastids by ³²P-postlabeling combined with anti-J immunoprecipitation

Species	Host/vector	Stage	% J		% HOMeUra		% IP*
			Total	αJ-IP	Total	αJ-IP	Tel. rep.
T. brucei	mammal	bloodstream form	0.12	1.6	0.04	0.2	16
	insect	procyclic	0.00	0.0	0.02	0.0	0.1
L. donovani	mammal	amastigote	0.02	2.9	0.01	0.1	47
	insect	promastigote	0.04	2.1	0.03	0.2	22
T. cruzi	mammal	trypomastigote	0.04	2.7	0.05	0.3	53
	insect	epimastigote	0.02	1.2	0.03	0.2	18
C. fasciculata	insect	—	0.08	1.9	0.03	0.4	59
T. borreli	fish	bloodstream	0.04	2.1	0.02	0.2	32

IP, immunoprecipitation; Tel. rep., telomere repeat. 

^*Percentage of DNA fragments immunoprecipitated from the input.