Variation of B1 gene and AF146527 repeat element copy numbers according to Toxoplasma gondii strains assessed using real-time quantitative PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1452-1454

  Costa, Jean Marc ^a,b   Bretagne, Stéphane ^a,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE CERBA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; B1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P30 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84858597030     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06514-11     Document Type: Article

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