The β-tubulin gene of Babesia and Theileria parasites is an informative marker for species discrimination

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1181-1185

  Cacciò, Simone ^a   Cammà, Cesare ^b   Onuma, Misao ^c   Severini, Carlo ^a  

^a Laboratory of Parasitology   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Tubulin gene; Babesia; Intron; Molecular diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Species identification; Theileria

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEILERIA;

ANIMAL; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HORSES; HUMAN; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TUBULIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA EQUI; BABESIA MAJOR; BABESIA MICROTI; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA SERGENTI;

EID: 0033797417     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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