Inter- and intra-strain variation in the 5.8S ribosomal RNA and internal transcribed spacer sequences of Entamoeba histolytica and comparison with Entamoeba dispar, Entamoeba moshkovskii and Entamoeba invadens

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 723-728

  Som, Indrani ^a   Azam, Amir ^b   Bhattacharya, Alok ^a   Bhattacharya, Sudha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

E. histolytica rRNA; Entamoeba rRNA; Internal transcribed spacers; Ribosomal RNA genes; rRNA sequence divergence

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034193802     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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