The role of pH and temperature in the development of Leishmania parasites

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue , 1994, Pages 449-470

  Zilberstein, Dan ^a   Shapira, Michal ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

heat shock; membrane transporters; pH shock; protozoan; thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0028061958     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.mi.48.100194.002313     Document Type: Review

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