The main lytic factor of Trypanosoma brucei brucei in normal human serum is not high density lipoprotein

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1023-1029

  Raper, Jayne ^a   Nussenzweig, Victor ^a   Tomlinson, Stephen ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRYPANOLYTIC FACTOR 1; TRYPANOLYTIC FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOTYPE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAPTOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0029883527     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.3.1023     Document Type: Article

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