Filamentous proteophosphoglycan secreted by Leishmania promastigotes forms gel like three-dimensional networks that obstruct the digestive tract of infected sandfly vectors

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 675-689

  Stierhof, York Dieter ^a   Bates, Paul A ^b   Jacobson, Raymond L ^c   Rogers, Matthew E ^b   Schlein, Yosef ^c   Handman, Emanuela ^d   Ilg, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunoelectron microscopy; Proteophosphoglycan; Sandfly; Secreted acid phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MAMMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0032702407     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(99)80036-3     Document Type: Article

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