Clonal diversity in Giardia duodenalis isolates from Thailand: Evidences for intragenic recombination and purifying selection at the beta giardin locus

Gene

Volumn 449, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Kosuwin, Rattiporn ^a   Putaporntip, Chaturong ^a   Pattanawong, Urassaya ^a   Jongwutiwes, Somchai ^a  

^a Department of Parasitology   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Beta giardin; Giardia duodenalis; Intragenic recombination; Purifying selection; Slightly deleterious mutation; Thai isolates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GIARDIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLONAL VARIATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THAILAND;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 70350621214     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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