Trypanosomatidae: A spliced-leader-derived probe specific for the genus Phytomonas

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-319

  Teixeira, Marta M G ^a   Serrano, Myrna G ^a   Nunes, Luiz R ^b   Campaner, Marta ^a   Buck, Gregory A ^b   Camargo, Erney P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA PROBE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOMONAS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; TRYPANOSOMA;

BLASTOCRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA; ENDOTRYPANUM; HERPETOMONAS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPTOMONAS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHYTOMONAS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0030561121     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0119     Document Type: Article

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