Two Theileria cervi SSU rRNA gene sequence types found in isolates from white-tailed deer and elk in North America

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 458-465

  Chae, Joon Seok ^a,b   Waghela, Suryakant D ^a   Craig, Thomas M ^a   Kocan, Alan A ^c   Wagner, Gerald G ^a   Holman, Patricia J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus canadensis; Elk; Gene amplification; Nucleotide sequence; Odocoileus virginianus; Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene; Theileria cervi; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA CERVI;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEER; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 0033160329     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.3.458     Document Type: Article

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