Genetic variability of the Serine-Rich Entamoeba histolytica protein gene in clinical isolates from the United Arab Emirates

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 370-377

  ElBakri, Ali ^a   Samie, Amidou ^b   Ezzedine, Sinda ^a   Odeh, Ra'ed Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SERINE-RICH PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

CLASSIFICATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84901661833     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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