Genetic variability in cysteine protease genes of Haemonchus contortus

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 549-559

  Ruiz, A ^a   Molina, J M ^a   Njue, A ^b   Prichard, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteases; Genetic variation; Haemonchus contortus; SSCP

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, HELMINTH; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2542498963     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004004998     Document Type: Article

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