Plasmodium falciparum: A rapid DNA fingerprinting method using microsatellite sequences within varclusters

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-236

  Su, Xin Zhuan ^a   Wellems, Thomas E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Interspersed repetitive elements; Malaria; Simple sequence length polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031194633     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4174     Document Type: Article

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