Evidence from disruption of the lmcpb gene array of Leishmania mexicana that cysteine proteinases are virulence factors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 6008-6013

  Mottram, Jeremy C ^a   Souza, Augustine E ^a,c   Hutchison, J Elizabeth ^a   Carter, Roderick ^a   Frame, Mhairi J ^b   Coombs, Graham H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

null mutant; parasite; protease; transfection; trypanosomatid

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA PRIMERS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029898541     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.12.6008     Document Type: Article

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