rRNA intergenic spacer regions for phylogenetic analysis of Rickettsia species

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 726-733

  Vitorino, Liliana ^a   Zé Zé, Líbia ^a   Sousa, Ana ^a   Bacellar, Fatima ^b   Tenreiro, Rogério ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Rickettsia; rrl rrf spacer

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIA MASSILAE; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TYPHUS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038051486     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07451.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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