Regulatory sequences and a novel gene in the msp (GP63) gene cluster of Leishmania chagasi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-265

  McCoy, James J ^a   Beetham, Jeffrey K ^a   Ochs, Diane E ^a   Donelson, John E ^a   Wilson, Mary E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gene organization; GP63; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, REPORTER; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 0032531314     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00112-1     Document Type: Article

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