Detection of polymorphism in the Trypanosoma cruzi TcP2β gene family by single strand conformational analysis (SSCA)

Gene

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Vázquez, Martín P ^a   Beldjord, Cherif ^b   Lorenzi, Hernán ^a   Bienvenu, Thierry ^b   Levín, Mariano J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^b Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Protozoan parasites genome projects; Ribosomal P protein genes; Sequence Tagged Sites; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; MARKER GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030597356     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00401-5     Document Type: Article

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