Heterogeneity in heat shock protein genes in Leishmania isolates

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-189

  Arora, S K ^a   Kapoor, G S ^a   Sehgal, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

cDNA probes; Genomic DNA; hsp70; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania tropica

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031924850     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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