Sequence and PCR-RFLP analysis of the internal transcribed spacers of the rDNA repeat unit in isolates of Cryptosporidium from different hosts

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-58

  Morgan, U M ^a   Deplazes, P ^b   Forbes, D A ^d   Spano, F ^c   Hertzberg, H ^b   Sargent, K D ^a   Elliot, A ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Genotypes; ITS; rDNA

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FELIS CATUS; METATHERIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032921492     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003412     Document Type: Article

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