A new perspective on and re-assessment of SAG2 locus as the tool for genetic analysis of Toxoplasma gondii isolates

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-104

  Fazaeli, A ^a,b   Ebrahimzadeh, A ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAG2 GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34247604612     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0449-8     Document Type: Article

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