Leishmania donovani: Characterization and expression of ORFF, a gene amplified from the LDI locus

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-230

  Ghosh, Anirban ^a   Madhubala, R ^a   Myler, Peter J ^b   Stuart, Kenneth D ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENSITOMETRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032784410     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4453     Document Type: Article

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