ITS1 sequence variabilities correlate with 18S rDNA sequence types in the genus Acanthamoeba (Protozoa: Amoebozoa)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-93

  Köhsler, Martina ^a   Leitner, Brigitte ^a   Blaschitz, Marion ^a   Michel, Rolf ^b   Aspöck, Horst ^a   Walochnik, Julia ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; ITS1; Microsatellites; Sequence type

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; DNA MINISATELLITE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; AMOEBOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 29144532549     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0022-x     Document Type: Article

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