Two microsatellite loci from Brugia malayi show polymorphisms among isolates from Indonesia and Malaysia

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-302

  Underwood, Anthony P ^a   Supali, Taniawati ^b   Wu, Yang ^a   Bianco, Albert E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Microsatellite markers; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; FILARIASIS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

BRUGIA MALAYI; INSECTA;

EID: 0034006071     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00214-5     Document Type: Article

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