Membrane characterization of amastigote-like forms of Leishmania donovani

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 495-502

  Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Goyal, Neena ^a   Kumar, Raj ^b   Agrawal, Ashok K ^b   Seth, Prahlad K ^b   Rastogi, Anil K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Amastigote like forms; Lectin binding; Leishmania donovani; Microviscosity

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0029839774     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-90.x     Document Type: Article

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