Toxoplasma gondii virulence markers identified by random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 458-463

  Guo, Z G ^a   Gross, U ^b   Johnson, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030959297     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050280     Document Type: Article

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