PCR-RFLP analysis of Giardia intestinalis using a Giardia-specific gene, GLORF-C4

Parasite

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-70

  Yong, T ^a   Han, K ^a   Yang, H ^a   Park, Soon Jung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Giardia intestinalis; GLORF C4; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

GLORF C4 PROTEIN, GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLORF-C4 PROTEIN, GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; GENE; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; KOREA; LAOS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KOREA; LAOS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036518198     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/200209165     Document Type: Article

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