Molecular cloning of the gene encoding the 83 kDa amastigote surface protein and its identification as a member of the Trypanosoma cruzi sialidase superfamily

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 137-149

  Low, Hoi P ^a   Tarleton, Rick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amastigote surface proteins; Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; Gene expression; Polymerase chain reaction; Sialidase; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEURAMINIDASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030871597     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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