Short report: Regulation of inducible heat shock protein 70 genes in Leishmania chagasi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 471-474

  Andersen, Kurt A ^a   Britigan, Bradley E ^a   Wilson, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029984044     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.471     Document Type: Article

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