A family of dispersed DNA elements that contain GAA repeats in Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-252

  Messina, Marinella ^a   Kim, Susan ^a   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA probes; fingerprinting; strain typing; Toxoplasma gondii; trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030607412     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02711-9     Document Type: Article

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