Ribosomal and kDNA markers distinguish two subgroups of Herpetomonas among old species and new trypanosomatids isolated from flies

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-65

  Teixeira, Marta M G ^a   Takata, Carmen S A ^a   Conchon, Ivete ^a,b   Campaner, Marta ^a   Camargo, Erney P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; FLY; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DIPTERA; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA PROBES; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

HERPETOMONAS; HERPETOMONAS MUSCARUM; HERPETOMONAS PESSOAI; HERPETOMONAS ROITMANI; HEXAPODA; LEPTOMONAS; PHYTOMONAS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0030971434     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284317     Document Type: Article

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