Roles of free GPIs in amastigotes of Leishmania

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-116

  Mensa Wilmot, Kojo ^a   Garg, Nisha ^a   McGwire, Bradford S ^b   Lu, Hong Gang ^b   Zhong, Li ^b   Armah, Dora Abena ^a   LeBowitz, Jonathan H ^c   Chang, Kwang Poo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycosylated phosphatidylinositols; Leishmania amazonensis; Replication; Viability

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DELETION MUTANT; GLYCOSYLATION; HAMSTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MACROPHAGES; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POLYSACCHARIDES; TRANSFECTION; VIRULENCE;

CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MURINAE;

EID: 0033525703     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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