Differential expression of Leishmania major β-tubulin genes during the acquisition of promastigote infectivity

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-236

  Coulson, Richard M R ^a   Connor, Vivienne ^a   Chen, Joseph C ^a   Ajioka, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential expression; Leishmania major; Metacyclogenesis; MRNA localisation; RNA stability; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

INSECTA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030602234     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02739-9     Document Type: Article

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