Efficacy of a novel reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detecting Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoite gene expression in human clinical specimens

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-39

  Cultrera, R ^a   Seraceni, S ^a   Contini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; MAG1; RT PCR; Tachyzoite; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RELAPSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ILEX COOKII; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036126525     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.2001.0394     Document Type: Article

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