Cloning, characterization and overexpression of two iron superoxide dismutase cDNAs from Leishmania chagasi: Role in pathogenesis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-221

  Paramchuk, Wendy J ^a   Ismail, Said O ^a   Bhatia, Ajay ^a   Gedamu, Lashitew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iron superoxide dismutase; Leishmania chagasi; Leishmania pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031455412     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00141-2     Document Type: Article

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