PCR-RFLP analysis of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene discriminates between C. wrairi and C. parvum, and between C. parvum isolates of human and animal origin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-217

  Spano, Furio ^a   Putignani, Lorenza ^a   McLauchlin, James ^b   Casemore, David P ^c   Crisanti, Andrea ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein gene; Cryptosporidium parvum; Cryptosporidium wrairi; Genetic marker; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM WRAIRI;

EID: 0030902945     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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