Mapping of the antigenic determinants of the Leishmania infantum gp63 protein recognized by antibodies elicited during canine visceral leishmaniasis

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 507-516

  Morales, G ^a   Carrillo, G ^a   Requena, J M ^a   Guzman, F ^b   Gomez, L C ^c   Patarroyo, M E ^b   Alonso, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Hospital San Juan de Dios   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Humoral response; Kinetoplastids; Leishmaniasis; Leishmanolysin

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, OVERLAPPING; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031007891     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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