Characterization of a repetitive DNA fragment in Hammondia hammondi and its utility for the specific differentiation of H. hammondi from Toxoplasma gondii by PCR

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 244-251

  Schares, G ^a   Herrmann, D C ^a   Beckert, A ^a   Schares, S ^a   Hosseininejad, M ^a   Pantchev, N ^b   Globokar Vrhovec, M ^b   Conraths, F J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hammondia hammondi; HHAM element; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Repetitive DNA fragment; TOX element; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 46849109345     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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