Sequence analysis and polymerase chain reaction amplification of small subunit ribosomal DNA from Sarcocystis neurona

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 975-981

  Marsh, Antoinette E ^a   Barr, Bradd C ^a   Madigan, John ^a   Lakritz, Jeffrey ^a   Conrad, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SARCOCYSTIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030183292     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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