Genetic variations of the Plasmodium vivax dihydropteroate synthase gene

Acta Tropica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-199

  Menegon, Michela ^a   Majori, Giancarlo ^a   Severini, Carlo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dihydropteroate synthase; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Point mutations; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; GENE PRODUCT;

GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 33646855806     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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