Molecular diagnosis of Wolbachia endosymbiont from Iranian scorpion Hemiscorpius lepturus using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of 16S rDNA gene

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 85, 2011, Pages 19802-19806

  Baradaran, Masoumeh ^a   Jalali, Amir ^a   Jolodar, Abbas ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

16S rDNA gene; Hemiscorpius lepturus; Iranian scorpion; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

16S RDNA GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; HEMISCORPIUS LEPTURUS; IRAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WOLBACHIA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTURUS; SCORPIONES; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA ENDOSYMBIONT OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84855784864     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2453     Document Type: Article

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