COMPARISON OF THE INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER, ITS-1, FROM TOXOPLASMA-GONDII ISOLATES AND NEOSPORA-CANINUM

Authors
HOMAN WL LIMPER L VERLAAN M BORST A VERCAMMEN M VANKNAPEN F
Citation
Wl. Homan et al., COMPARISON OF THE INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER, ITS-1, FROM TOXOPLASMA-GONDII ISOLATES AND NEOSPORA-CANINUM, Parasitology research, 83(3), 1997, pp. 285-289
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320113
Volume
83
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
285 - 289
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(1997)83:3<285:COTITS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) region and the 5' part of the 5 .8S ribosomal RNA gene of the ribosomal DNA repeat from 20 Toxoplasma gondii isolates was sequenced and found to be identical in all isolate s, independent of host origin or virulence to mice. The ITS1 region fr om the closely related coccidian parasite Neospora caninum differed in 22% of its nucleotides. Hence, the ITS1 region provides a good marker for the distinction of T. gondii and N. caninum but is not useful for epidemiology studies of T. gondii.