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Discrimination of Cryptosporidium species by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
Parasitology research - 1 Jul 2007
Satoh Masaaki, Nakai Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) was used for the discrimination of three species and one genotype of the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium: the C. parvum, C. andersoni, C. muris, and C. muris Japanese field mouse genotype. A set of primers specific for the 18S rRNA gene of Cryptosporidium was used in the DGGE; consequently, the four strains showed different banding patterns. This is a potentially...
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