Practical PCR tools for the delineation of Contracaecum rudolphii A and Contracaecum rudolphii B (Ascaridoidea: Anisakidae) using genetic markers in nuclear ribosomal DNA

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Zhu, X Q ^a   D'Amelio, S ^b   Gasser, R B ^c   Yang, T B ^d   Paggi, L ^b   He, F ^a   Lin, R Q ^a   Song, H Q ^a   Ai, L ^a   Li, A X ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contracaecum rudolphii complex; Contracaecum septentrionale; Cormorant; Internal transcribed spacer; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); Ribosomal DNA; Specific PCR assay

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CONTRACAECUM RUDOLPHII A; CONTRACAECUM RUDOLPHII B; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENETIC MARKER; HOST; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDOIDEA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANISAKIDAE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CONTRACAECUM RUDOLPHII; CONTRACAECUM SEPTENTRIONALE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS;

EID: 33846136424     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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