Genetic polymorphism of Leishmania species using kinetoplast DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism and cDNA probe of Leishmania donovani

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 209-214

  Kapoor, Gurpreet S ^a   Arora, Sunil K ^a   Sehgal, Shobha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

cDNA library; Kinetoplast DNA; Leishmania donovani; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KINETOPLAST DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031965770     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050066     Document Type: Article

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