Molecular comparison of Giardia lamblia isolates

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1341-1345

  Lu, S Q ^a   Baruch, A C ^b   Adam, R D ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Giardia duodenalis; Giardia lamblia; Triose phosphate isomerase (tim)

Indexed keywords

TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

EID: 0031812552     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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