Comparative Analysis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplified Minicircles of Kinetoplast DNA of a Stable Strain of Trypanosoma cruzi from São Felipe, Bahia, its Clones and Subclones: Possibility of Predominance of a Principal Clone in this Area

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-29

  Campos, Rozalia F ^b   Gonçalves, Marilda S ^a   Dos Reis, Eliana A G ^a   Dos Reis, Mitermayer G ^a   Andrade, Sonia G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bahia; Brazil; Clones; Molecular characterization; Schizodeme; Strains; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; MICE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032611194     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000100009     Document Type: Article

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