The gene encoding the metacyclogenesis-associated transcript Mat-1 is conserved in the genus Leishmania and shows a tendency to form dimers upon protein expression

Parasitology Research

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 431-435

  Marín, Marcel ^a   Muskus, Carlos ^a   Ramírez, José R ^a   Arbelaez, Luis F ^a   Alzate, Juan F ^a   Berberich, Christof ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033834465     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050690     Document Type: Article

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