Differentially expressed Leishmania major gp63 genes encode cell surface leishmanolysin with distinct signals for glycosylphosphatidylinositol attachment

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Voth, Bevan R ^a   Kelly, Ben L ^a   Joshi, Phalgun B ^a,c   Ivens, Alasdair C ^b   McMaster, W Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

gp63; GPI anchor; Leishmania major; Stage specific expression

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; METALLOPROTEINASE;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 0032523872     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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