Variability in intron sequences of housekeeping and antigen-coding genes among Schistosoma japonicum isolates in mainland China

Parasitology International

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-174

  Zhao, G H ^a,b,c   Li, J ^b,c   Chen, F ^b,c   Zou, F C ^d   Yang, J F ^d   Sugiyama, H ^e   Xu, M J ^b,c   Lin, Q ^a   Lin, R Q ^b,c   Zhu, X Q ^b,d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen gene; Housekeeping gene; Intron; Mainland China; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; Sequence variability

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTRON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRONS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RABBITS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 79953796259     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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