Leucine rich repeats are the main epitopes in Leishmania infantum PSA during canine and human visceral leishmaniasis

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 55-62

  Boceta, Carolina ^a   Alonso, Carlos ^a   Jiménez Ruiz, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigenic determinants; Antigenic repeats; Epitope mapping; Leishmania; Leucine rich repeats; LRR

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; LEUCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LEUCINE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033966599     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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