Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene sequence of Spirocerca lupi (Nematoda, Spirurida): Avenues for potential implications

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 263-270

  Traversa, Donato ^a   Costanzo, Francesca ^a   Iorio, Raffaella ^a   Aroch, Itamar ^b   Lavy, Eran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dog; Ecology; Epidemiology; Mitochondrial DNA; PCR; Spirocercosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCERCA LUPI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA; SPIROCERCA LUPI; SPIRURIDA;

EID: 34247198826     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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