RAPD in the analysis of isolates of Entamoeba histolytica

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-77

  Gomes, Maria A ^a   Melo, Maria N ^a   Macedo, Andrea M ^b   Furst, Cinthia ^a   Silva, Edward F ^a  

^a Inst Cie Biol Univ Fedral M   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033954907     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00097-2     Document Type: Article

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