PCR amplification and sequencing of ITS1 rDNA of Culicoides arakawae

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 101-108

  Li, G Q ^a   Hu, Y L ^a   Kanu, S ^a   Zhu, X Q ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alignment; Culicoides arakawae; ITS1; PCR; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULICOIDES ALBICANS; CULICOIDES ARAKAWE; CULICOIDES CUBITALIS; CULICOIDES GRISESCENS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CULICOIDES ALBICANS; CULICOIDES ARAKAWAE; CULICOIDES CUBITALIS; CULICOIDES GRISESCENS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS;

EID: 0037469965     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00409-0     Document Type: Article

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