Antigenicity of the Leishmania infantum histones H2B and H4 during canine viscerocutaneous leishmaniasis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 342-349

  Soto, M ^a   Requena, J M ^a   Quijada, L ^a   Perez, M J ^a   Nieto, C G ^a,b   Guzman, F ^a,c   Patarroyo, M E ^a,c   Alonso, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c Hospital San Juan de Dios   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antigenic determinants dog; Histone H2B; Histone H4; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; DOG; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; HISTONES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032948231     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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