Identification of porcine Pneumocystis carinii as a genetically distinct organism by DNA amplification

APMIS

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-321

  Wakefield, A E ^a   Keely, S P ^b   Stringer, J R ^b   Christensen, C B V ^c   Ahrens, P ^d   Peters, S E ^e   Bille Hansen, V ^d   Henriksen, S Aa ^d   Jorsal, S E ^d   Settnes, O P ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA amplication; nucleotide sequence; pig; Pneumocystic carinii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 8244264754     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb00576.x     Document Type: Article

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