Differentiation of two ovine Babesia based on the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-68

  Niu, Qingli ^a,b   Luo, Jianxun ^a   Guan, Guiquan ^a   Liu, Zhijie ^a   Ma, Miling ^a   Liu, Aihong ^a   Gao, Jinliang ^a   Ren, Qiaoyun ^a   Li, Youquan ^a   Qiu, Jiaxiang ^b   Yin, H ^a  

^a Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute   (China)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Babesia moatsi; Babesia sp.; Differentiation; Internal transcribed spacer; Ovine

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA MOTASI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC MARKERS; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP;

BABESIA; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIA SP.; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM ANATOLICUM; OVIS;

EID: 57049163498     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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