Molecular characterisation of the actin gene of the filarial parasite Wuchereria bancrofti

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-124

  Casinader Saverimuttu, J K ^a   Karunanayake, E H ^a   Chandrasekharan, N V ^a   Jayasena, S M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Actin; Filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; FILARIASIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TATA BOX; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PLECTUS ACUMINATUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0343049138     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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