Identification of plant tissues from the gut of Phlebotomus papatasi by DNA analysis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Junnila, Amy ^a   Müller, Gunter C ^a   Schlein, Yosef ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus papatasi; RbcL; Suaeda asphaltica

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DNA FRAGMENT; PLANT DNA; SUGAR;

ASSAY; CELLULOSE; DNA; DRY SEASON; FEEDING ECOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GOOSEFOOT; ISRAEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PLANT TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; CHENOPODIACEAE; DNA, PLANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISRAEL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

JORDAN VALLEY;

HEXAPODA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; SUAEDA ASPHALTICA;

EID: 78049473461     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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