Trypanosoma cruzi elongation factor 1-α: Nuclear localization in parasites undergoing apoptosis

Gene

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-26

  Billaut Mulot, Odile ^a   Fernandez Gomez, Rodolfo ^a   Loyens, Marc ^a   Ouaissi, Ali ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Antibodies to Artemia salina EF 1 ; Fusion protein; Genomic library; Immunodetection; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; EPIMASTIGOTE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ARTEMIA SALINA; MAMMALIA; SALINA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030603235     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00254-5     Document Type: Article

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