The mitochondrial genome of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus-diagnostic, epidemiological and systematic implications

Gene

Volumn 516, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 294-300

  Jabbar, Abdul ^a   Jex, Aaron R ^a   Mohandas, Namitha ^a   Hall, Ross S ^a   Littlewood, D Timothy J ^b   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aelurostrongylosis; Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Cat; Lungworm; Mitochondrial genome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, HELMINTH; GENOME, HELMINTH; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

CHROMADOREA; FELIDAE; METASTRONGYLIDAE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84873266823     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.072     Document Type: Article

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