A DNA fingerprinting system for the ectoparasite Sarcoptes scabiei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-196

  Walton, Shelley F ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a   Kemp, David J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

fragment length polymorphisms; microsatellites; PCR; Sarcoptes scabiei; scabies

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MITE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030937595     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02825-3     Document Type: Article

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