Construction and characterisation of a genomic PAC library of the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 147-151

  Piper, Mike B ^a   Bankier, Alan T ^a   Dear, Paul H ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Genomic library; Karyotype; Mapping; PAC; STS

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMIC LIBRARY; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0032169064     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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