Echinococcus multilocularis: Microsatellite polymorphism in U1 snRNA genes

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 324-328

  Bretagne, Stéphane ^a   Assouline, Brigitte ^b   Vidaud, Dominique ^b   Houin, René ^a   Vidaud, Michel ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis; Microsatellite; U1 snRNA, U1 small nuclear ribonucleic acid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029929890     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0040     Document Type: Article

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