Lectin-binding properties of different Leishmania species

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 576-581

  Andrade, A F B ^a   Saraiva, E M B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; JACALIN; LECTIN; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

AGGLUTINATION; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; LECTINS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PLANT LECTINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033045810     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050597     Document Type: Article

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