Fingerprinting sequence variation in ribosomal DNA of parasites by DGGE

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-105

  Gasser, Robin ^a,b   Nansen, Peter ^b   Guldberg, Per ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Danish Ctr for Exp Parasitology   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DGGE; Internal transcribed spacer; Parasite; Ribosomal DNA; Sequence variation; Species identification

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030000485     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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