A specific primer pair for the diagnosis and identification of Acanthamoeba astronyxis by random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-126

  Ortega Rivas, A ^a   Lorenzo Morales, J ^a   Martinez E ^a   Villa, M ^a,b   Clavel, A ^a,c   Valladares, B ^a   Del Castillo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; WATER;

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA ASTRONYXIS; ARTICLE; CLONING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNIQUE; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA ASTRONYXIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 17844404806     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3301     Document Type: Article

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