Genetic diversity of Leishmania amazonensis strains isolated in northeastern Brazil as revealed by DNA sequencing, PCR-based analyses and molecular karyotyping

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  de Oliveira, João Paulo ^a   Fernandes, Flora ^a   Cruz, Angela K ^b   Trombela, Viviane ^b   Monteiro, Elisângela ^c   Camargo, Anamaria A ^c   Barral, Aldina ^a   de Oliveira, Camila I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34447627527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-6-5     Document Type: Article

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