Differential sensitivity of New World Leishmania spp. promastigotes to complement-mediated lysis: Correlation with the expression of three parasite polypeptides

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-29

  Noronha, Fátima S M ^a   Nunes, Álvaro C ^a   Souza, Kátia T ^a   Norma Melo, M ^a   Ramalho Pinto, F Juarez ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Microbiol Imunologia Faculdade M   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complement resistance; L. amazonensis; L. braziliensis; L. guyanensis; L. mexicana; L. panamensis; Promastigotes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GROWTH; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; PEPTIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; VIANNIA;

EID: 0031908074     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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