Leishmania major: Characterization and expression of a cytoplasmic stress related protein

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 43-52

  Searle, Susan ^a   Smith, Deborah F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS; HYBRID PROTEIN; LM 70.4 PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENETICS; HEAT; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027337030     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1993.1059     Document Type: Article

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