Genetic analysis of natural recombinant Brazilian Toxoplasma gondii strains by multilocus PCR-RFLP

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-31

  de Melo Ferreira, Adriana ^a   Vitor, Ricardo Wagner A ^a   Gazzinelli, Ricardo Tostes ^a   Melo, Maria Norma ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genotyping; PCR RFLP; Population structure; Strains; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 30944461155     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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