Phylogenic analysis of the genus Leishmania by cytochrome b gene sequencing

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 352-361

  Asato, Yutaka ^a   Oshiro, Minoru ^a   Myint, Chomar Kaung ^a   Yamamoto, Yu ichi ^a   Kato, Hirotomo ^b   Marco, Jorge Diego ^c   Mimori, Tatsuyuki ^d   Gomez, Eduardo A L ^e   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^c   Uezato, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Division of Tumor Genetics and Biology   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Endotrypanum; Leishmania; PCR; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENUS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA ARABICA; LEISHMANIA ARCHIBALDI; LEISHMANIA ARISTIDESI; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DEANEI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA EQUATORENSIS; LEISHMANIA GARNHAMI; LEISHMANIA HERTIGI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA KILLIKI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA PIFANOI; LEISHMANIA SHAWI; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIA TURANICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

ENDOTRYPANUM; LEISHMANIA ARABICA; LEISHMANIA EQUATORENSIS; LEISHMANIA HERTIGI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIA TURANICA; LIZARD LEISHMANIA;

EID: 60849092879     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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