Cloning, expression and antigenicity of the L. donovani reductase

APMIS

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 461-468

  Jensen, Anja T R ^a,b   Kemp, Kåre ^a,b   Theander, Thor G ^a,b   Handman, Emanuela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte proliferation; Reductase; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 0034917295     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2001.090609.x     Document Type: Article

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