Acidid pH stress induces protein tyrosine phosphorylation in Leishmania pifanoi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-129

  Rivero Lezcano, Octavio M ^a   Chicharro, Carmen ^a   Rivas, Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

environment adaptation; Leishmania pifanoi; pH stress; signal transduction; tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

TYROSINE;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0030614682     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02789-2     Document Type: Article

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