title: Highly repeated short DNA sequences in the genome of Schistosoma mansoni recognized by a species-specific probe.
abstract: A cloned 0.64-kb DNA sequence of Schistosoma mansoni contains 121-bp tandem repeats and comprises at least 12% of the schistosomal genome of both sexes. It exhibits a high degree of species specificity upon hybridization with Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma magrebowiei DNA, and could detect with high sensitivity schistosomal DNA sequences in infected snails.
authors.affiliation: Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamburger
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turetski
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kapeller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deresiewicz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004247:DNA