Leishmania: Amastigotes synthesize conserved secretory acid phosphatases during human infection

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-168

  Ellis, Stephanie L ^a   Shakarian, Alison M ^a   Dwyer, Dennis M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; PYROXYLIN; TUNICAMYCIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031824843     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4298     Document Type: Article

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