Extensive heterozygosity at four microsatellite loci flanking Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase gene

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-185

  Alam, Mohammad Tauqeer ^a   Agarwal, Richa ^a   Sharma, Yagya D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Linkage disequilibrium; Microsatellite; P. vivax malaria; pvdhfr; Pyrimethamine resistance; Selective sweep

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 34247473105     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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