The ribosomal intergenic spacer (IGS) region in Schistosoma japonicum: Structure and comparisons with related species

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 610-617

  Zhao, Guang Hui ^a,b,c   Blair, David ^d   Li, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Li, Juan ^a,c   Lin, Rui Qing ^c   Zou, Feng Cai ^e   Sugiyama, Hiromu ^f   Mo, Xi Hao ^c   Yuan, Zi Guo ^c   Song, Hui Qun ^a,c   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Nuclear ribosomal intergenic spacer (rDNA IGS); Ribosomal RNA (rRNA); Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosome

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE COMPONENTS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAILS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 79953099454     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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