Genomic DNA repeat from Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (Venezuelan strain) containing simple repeats and microsatellites

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-358

  Rodriguez, N ^a,b   De Lima, H ^b   Rodriguez, A ^b   Brewster, S ^a   Barker, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; Leishmania (V) braziliensis; Microsatellite; PCR

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COSMIDS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030768815     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209700139X     Document Type: Article

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