Variation of the internal transcribed spacer 1 sequence within individual strains and among different strains of Neospora caninum

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-122

  Gondim, Luis F P ^a   Laski, Paul ^a   Gao, Liying ^a   McAllister, Milton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1442299356     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-134R     Document Type: Article

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