Quantitative analysis of ITS2 sequences in trichostrongyle parasites

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1529-1535

  Von Samson Himmelstjerna, G ^a   Harder, A ^b   Schnieder, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internal transcribed spacer 2; Minor groove binder; Quantification; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Trichostrongyle

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; DIHYDROCYCLOPYRROLOINDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENETICS; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA CURTICEI; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA LEPTOSPICULARIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE DOSAGE; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS TAURUS; COOPERIA; COOPERIA CURTICEI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIA LEPTOSPICULARIS; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0036829710     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00163-7     Document Type: Article

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