Scanning for nucleotide variations in mitochondrial DNA fragments of Schistosoma japonicum by single-strand conformation polymorphism

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-82

  Bogh H O ^a,b   Zhu, X Q ^a   Qian, B Z ^a   Gasser, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Danish Ctr for Exp Parasitology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; Mitochondrial DNA; Mutations; NADH dehydrogenase 1; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RABBITS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

INVERTEBRATA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032931548     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003527     Document Type: Article

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