Allele-specific, nested, one tube PCR: Application to Pfmdr1 polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Adagu, I S ^a   Warhurst, D C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele specific PCR; Malaria; One tube semi nested reaction; Pfmdr1; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHLOROQUINE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, MDR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032802031     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004382     Document Type: Article

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