Identification of 18S ribosomal DNA genotype of Acanthamoeba from patients with keratitis in north China

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1904-1907

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Sun, Xuguang ^a   Wang, Zhiqun ^a   Li, Ran ^a   Luo, Shiyun ^a   Jin, Xiuying ^a   Deng, Shijing ^a   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CORNEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CORNEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 3042575337     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-1073     Document Type: Article

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