Detection of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan binding proteins in the gut of the sandfly vector

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-32

  Dillon, R J ^b   Lane, R P ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Leishmania major; Lipophosphoglycan; Microvilli; Midgut; Phlebotomus papatasi

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICROVILLUS; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; TECHNIQUE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; INTESTINES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICROVILLI; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0008947341     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003588     Document Type: Article

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