Genetic diversity among Toxoplasma gondii strains from different hosts and geographical regions revealed by sequence analysis of GRA5 gene

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Jia ^a,b   Li, Zhong Yuan ^a,b   Zhou, Dong Hui ^a   Liu, Guo Hua ^a,c   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Genotyping; GRA5 gene; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

AATII PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; MLUI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GRANULE 5 GENE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84870300407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-279     Document Type: Article

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