Detection of lectin activity in Leishmania promastigotes and amastigotes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-35

  Svobodová, Milena ^a   Bates, Paul A ^b   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; Lectin activity; Leishmania; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; LECTIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE;

AGGLUTINATION; ANIMALS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; LECTINS; LEISHMANIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RABBITS;

EID: 0030823202     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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