The genomic fingerprinting of the coding region of the β-tubulin gene in Leishmania identification

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-204

  Luis, Luis ^a   Ramírez, Alvaro ^a   Aguilar, Cruz Manuel ^b   Eresh, Salih ^c   Barker, Douglas C ^c   Mendoza León, Alexis ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c MRC Outstation of NIMR Molteno Labs Dept Pathol U   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; Identification; Leishmania; tubulin

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN;

CRITHIDIA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEPTOMONAS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIANNIA;

EID: 0344541957     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00128-9     Document Type: Article

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