Amplification of LDH gene from Indian strains of Plasmodium vivax

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 109-114

  Berwal, Ritu ^a   Gopalan, N ^a   Chandel, Kshitij ^a   Prakash, Shri ^a   Sekhar, K ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Amplification; Antimalarial drugs; Diagnosis; Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH); Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DNA FRAGMENT; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INDIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INDIA; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33749486506     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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