Research Article

Analysis of the IGS rRNA Region and Applicability for Leishmania (V.) braziliensis Characterization

Table 3

Search results for BLASTn 28SF and 18SR primers.

Primers foundSpecies/IDQuantity of IGS rRNA regions foundAverage size of IGS rRNA (kb) regions

28SF and 18SRLeishmania donovani/CP02264223.22
Leishmania peruviana/LN60926611.39
Leishmania mexicana/FR79958022.03
Leishmania major/FR79642364.41
Leishmania amazonensis/AF06049312.5
28SFLeishmania braziliensis/FR799002

Legend: IGS—Intergenic Spacer; rRNA—ribosomal RNA; ID—NCBI sequence identification code; kb—kilobases; F—forward; R—reverse.