A restriction enzyme-based assay to distinguish between avian hemosporidians

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 683-685

  Beadell, Jon S ^a,b   Fleischer, Robert C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCOCYTOZOON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DETECTION METHOD; HEMOPARASITE;

ARTICLE; FOWL; HAEMAPROTEUS; HEMOSPORIDIAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RESTRICTION SITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HAEMOSPORIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON;

EID: 22244443413     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3412RN     Document Type: Article

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