Analysis of the genomic organisation of a small chromosome of Leishmania braziliensis M2903 reveals two genes encoding GTP-binding proteins, one of which belongs to a new G-protein family and is an antigen

Gene

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-333

  Fu, Guoliang ^a   Melville, Sara ^a   Brewster, Susan ^a   Warner, Jon ^b   Barker, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dar family; Inverted repeats; LD1; Minichromosome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHROMOSOMES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032515905     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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