Multiplex PCR for typing strains of Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1940-1943

  Ajzenberg, Daniel ^a   Dumètre, Aurélien ^a   Dardé, Marie Laure ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 16844367680     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1940-1943.2005     Document Type: Article

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