Tandemly repeated genomic sequence demonstrates inter- and intra-strain genetic variation in Schistosoma japonicum

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 373-380

  Drew, Alexander C ^a   Brindley, Paul J ^a,d   Lewis, Fred A ^b   Liang, Yung San ^b   Minchella, Dennis J ^a,c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Repetitive DNA; Schistosoma japonicum; Strain variation

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031750205     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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