Intraspecies genotype variability of the microsporidian parasite Encephalitozoon hellem

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4166-4171

  Haro, María ^a   Del Águila, Carmen ^a,b   Fenoy, Soledad ^a   Henriques Gil, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b Fac Cie Experimentales Y la Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; POLAR TUBE PROTEIN; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENCEPHALITOZOON; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0041919461     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4166-4171.2003     Document Type: Article

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