Genomic polymorphism among Blastocystis hominis strains and development of subtype-specific diagnostic primers

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-159

  Yoshikawa, Hisao ^a   Nagano, Isao ^b   Wu, Zhiliang ^b   Yap, Eu Hian ^c   Singh, Mulkit ^c   Takahashi, Yuzo ^b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Classification; Diagnostic primers; Intraspecific subtype; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; RAPD

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

EID: 0031855359     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0161     Document Type: Article

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