Deletion of the gene for the membrane-bound acid phosphatase of Leishmania mexicana

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-86

  Benzel, Isabel ^a   Weise, Frank ^a   Wiese, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genomic organization; Homogeneous overexpression; Leishmania mexicana; Membrane bound acid phosphatase; Null mutant

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DELETION MUTANT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0033768154     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00306-6     Document Type: Article

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