The complete mitochondrial genome of the bird schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti (Platyhelminthes: Digenea), causative agent of cercarial dermatitis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 553-561

  Webster, Bonnie L ^a   Rudolfová, Jitka ^a,b   Horák, Petr ^a,b   Littlewood, D T J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

BIRD; FLATWORM; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; PARASITE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; HELMINTHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRICHOBILHARZIA REGENTI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DERMATITIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, TRANSFER; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

AVES; DIGENEA (FLUKES); PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; TRICHOBILHARZIA REGENTI;

EID: 34447121296     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1072R.1     Document Type: Article

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