An Oligonucleotide Probe Derived from kDNA Minirepeats is Specific for Leishmania (Viannia)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-284

  Fernandes, Octavio ^b   Bozza, Marcelo ^c   Pascale, Juan M ^d   De Miranda, Antonio B ^a   Lopes, Ulisses G ^c   Degrave, Wim M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Leishmania (Viannia) identification; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania panamensis; Minicircle DNA sequences; Oligonucleotide probe

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; VIANNIA;

KINETOPLAST DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030133791     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761996000300005     Document Type: Article

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