Short report: Genetic variability of the 45W gene family between Chinese and Mexican Taenia solium

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 946-948

  Zheng, Yadong ^a   Cai, Xuepeng ^a,b   Luo, Xuenong ^a   Zhang, Dongfeng ^a   Jing, Zhizhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TSO45; PRIMER DNA; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTRON; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAENIA SOLIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYSTICERCOSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

SUS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DNA PRIMERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAENIA SOLIUM; VACCINES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 47049090890     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.946     Document Type: Article

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