Leishmania major: Comparison of the cathepsin L- and B-like cysteine protease genes with those of other trypanosomatids

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-76

  Sakanari, Judy A ^a   Nadler, Steven A ^b   Chan, Victor J ^a   Engel, Juan C ^a   Leptak, Christopher ^a   Bouvier, Jacques ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0030981096     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.4116     Document Type: Article

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