wsp Gene sequences from the Wolbachia of filarial nematodes

Current Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-100

  Bazzocchi, Chiara ^a   Jamnongluk, Wanwisa ^b,c   O'Neill, Scott L ^b   Anderson, Tim J C ^a   Genchi, Claudio ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^a  

^a Ist Patologia Generale Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIASIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYMBIOSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ARTHROPODA; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIA; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0033916527     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002840010100     Document Type: Article

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