Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the PSA genes from Leishmania infantum

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 389-397

  Jiménez Ruiz, Antonio ^a,b   Boceta, Carolina ^a   Bonay, Pedro ^a   Requena, Jose María ^a   Alonso, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Leishmania; Leucine rich repeat

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOGS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032518324     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510389.x     Document Type: Article

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