Coding and noncoding genomic regions of entamoeba histolytica have significantly different rates of sequence polymorphisms: Implications for epidemiological studies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4815-4819

  Bhattacharya, Dhruva ^a   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Singh, Upinder ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 24744454165     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4815-4819.2005     Document Type: Article

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