Comparison of the internal transcribed spacer, ITS 1, from Toxoplasma gondii isolates and Neospora caninum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-289

  Homan, Wieger L ^a   Limper, Louis ^a   Verlaan, Marijke ^a   Borst, Annemarie ^a   Vercammen, Martine ^b   Van Knapen, Frans ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0030938440     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050248     Document Type: Article

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