Echinococcus granulosus: Cloning and characterization of a tandemly repeated DNA element

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-68

  Rosenzvit, M C ^a   Canova, S G ^a   Kamenetzky, L ^a   Ledesma, B A ^a   Guarnera, E A ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Base pairs (bp); Canine echinococcosis; Deoxyrihonucleic acid (DNA); Dipylidium caninum; Echinococcus granulosus; Eestode; Hydatidosis; Repetitive DNA; Taenia hydatigena; Taenia solium; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0031239245     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4177     Document Type: Article

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