Methods for the investigation of diversity in Entamoeba histolytica

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-261

  Clark, C Graham ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA based analysis; Isoenzyme analysis; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; DNA; ISOENZYME; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SERINE; TRANSFER RNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC STABILITY; INFORMATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHITINASE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; RNA, TRANSFER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29344447297     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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