Heat shock induction of apoptosis in promastigotes of the unicellular organism Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-313

  Moreira, Maria Elisabete C ^a   Del Portillo, Hernando A ^a   Milder, Regina V ^a   Balanco, Jose Mario F ^a   Barcinski, Marcello A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEAT SHOCK; LEISHMANIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; DNA DAMAGE; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LEISHMANIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0029919619     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199605)167:2<305::AID-JCP15>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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