Echinococcus granulosus antigen B gene family: Further studies of strain polymorphism at the genomic and transcriptional levels

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-164

  Muzulin, Patricia Marcela ^a   Kamenetzky, Laura ^a   Gutierrez, Ariana Marcela ^a   Guarnera, Eduardo Alfredo ^a   Rosenzvit, Mara Cecilia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antigen B; Cestode; Echinococcus granulosus; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; RT PCR; single strand conformation polymorphism; SSCP; Strain polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SWINE;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 37349103397     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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