Diversity in repeat-containing surface proteins of Leishmania major

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-235

  McKean, Paul G ^a   Trenholme, Katharine R ^a,b   Rangarajan, Desikan ^a,c   Keen, Jane K ^a   Smith, Deborah F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid repeats; Diversity; Leishmania major; Surface proteins

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROLINE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030911626     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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