Complement resistance of Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes is independent of parasite proteases and lysis of sensitive forms is not due to natural antibodies in normal human serum

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1633-1640

  Nunes, A C ^a   Ramalho Pinto, F J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Complement; Leishmania amazonensis; Promastigotes; Proteases

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0030320420     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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