Is lipophosphoglycan a virulence factor? A surprising diversity between Leishmania species

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 223-226

  Turco, Salvatore J ^a   Späth, Gerald F ^b   Beverley, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0035003815     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)01895-5     Document Type: Review

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