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Eimeria maxima: the use of enzyme markers to detect the genetic transfer of drug resistance between lines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. Rollinson
Affiliation:
Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7
L. P. Joyner
Affiliation:
MAFF, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey
C. C. Norton
Affiliation:
MAFF, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey

Summary

Eimeria maxima (Weybridge) and E. maxima (indentata) were distinguished by the electrophoretic mobility of phosphoglucomutase. This enzyme was used as a marker to detect the transfer of methyl benzoquate resistance between resistant and sensitive lines of these parasites.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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