Evaluation of 7SL RNA gene sequences for the identification of Leishmania spp.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-420

  Zelazny, Adrian M ^a   Fedorko, Daniel P ^a   Li, Li ^a   Neva, Franklin A ^b   Fischer, Steven H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 18944386782     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.415     Document Type: Article

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