The identification and molecular characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi amastigote surface protein-1, a member of the trans-sialidase gene super-family

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Santos, Maria A M ^a   Garg, Nisha ^a   Tarleton, Rick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amastigotes; cytotoxic T lymphocytes; stage specific protein expression; Trans sialidase; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIALIDASE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAMINIDASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030911716     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02840-X     Document Type: Article

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