Genotyping Trichomonas vaginalis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 821-828

  Upcroft, Jacqueline A ^a   Delgadillo Correa, Maria G ^b   Dunne, Rebecca L ^a   Sturm, A Willem ^c   Johnson, Patricia J ^b   Upcroft, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chromosomal DNA; Endogenous nucleases; Genome mapping; Hybridisation; Macrorestriction; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERREDOXIN; NUCLEASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID;

CHROMOSOME; DNA; GENOME; GENOTYPE; INHIBITOR; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE PROBE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

PROTISTA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 33744974027     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.018     Document Type: Article

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