Characterization of an interspersed repetitive DNA element in the genome of Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 563-570

  Araya, J ^a,b   Cano, M I ^a   Gomes, H B M ^a   Novak, E M ^a   Requena, J M ^c   Alonso, C ^c   Levin, M J ^d   Guevara, P ^e   Ramirez, J L ^e   Franco Da Silveira, J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tool; Genomic distribution; Polymorphic marker; Sequence analysis; Trypanosoma cruzi repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031408336     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001674     Document Type: Article

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