Loss of the GP46/M-2 surface membrane glycoprotein gene family in the Leishmania braziliensis complex

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 151-160

  McMahon Pratt, Diane ^a   Traub Cseko, Yara ^a   Lohman, Kenton L ^a   Rogers, D D ^b   Beverley, Stephen M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular karyotype; Protective antigen; Protozoon; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KARYOTYPE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMAL; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EVOLUTION; KARYOTYPING; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ANIMALIA; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0026500618     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(92)90252-F     Document Type: Article

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