Evidence for the existence of a surface receptor(s) for ferriclactoferrin and ferrictransferrin associated with the plasma membrane of the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 443, Issue , 1998, Pages 135-140

  Britigan, Bradley E ^a,b   Lewis, Troy S ^a   McCormick, Michael L ^a,b   Wilson, Mary E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031707378     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9068-9_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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