Improving access to the control region and tRNA gene clusters of dipteran mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 636-639

  Oliveira, M T ^a   Da Rosa, A C ^a   Azeredo Espin, A M L ^a   Lessinger, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conserved primers; Control region; Diptera; Mitochondrial DNA; tRNAs

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MUSCIDAE; OESTRIDAE;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33745230042     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[636:IATTCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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