Involvement of mitochondrial genes of Babesia gibsoni in resistance to diminazene aceturate

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1139-1148

  Wickramasekara Rajapakshage, Bandula Kumara ^a   Yamasaki, Masahiro ^a   Hwang, Shiang Jyi ^a   Sasaki, Noboru ^a   Murakami, Masahiro ^a   Tamura, Yu ^a   Lim, Sue Yee ^a   Nakamura, Kensuke ^a   Ohta, Hiroshi ^a   Takiguchi, Mitsuyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia gibsoni; Cytochrome; Cytochrome b; Diminazene aceturate resistant isolate; Oxidase I; Oxidase III

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DIMINAZENE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIMINAZENE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84867903342     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.12-0056     Document Type: Article

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