Analysis of immunodominant piroplasm surface antigen alleles in mixed populations of Theileria sergenti and T. buffeli

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 741-747

  Kubota, Shuichi ^a   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^a   Kakuda, Tsutomu ^a   Onuma, Misao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allele; Piroplasm; Polymerase chain reaction; Theileria buffeli; Theileria sergenti

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THEILERIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; IKEDA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA SERGENTI;

EID: 0030198818     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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