Isolation and characterisation of genomic and cDNA clones coding for a serine-, alanine-, and proline-rich protein of Trypanosoma cruzi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-264

  Carmo, M S ^a   Santos, M R M ^a   Cummings, L M ^a,c   Araya, J E ^b   Yamauchi, L M ^a   Yoshida, N ^a   Mortara, R A ^a   Franco Da Silveira, J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacyclic trypomastigote; Multigene family; Serine , Alanine and Proline rich protein (SAP); Surface membrane protein; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RICH PROTEIN; GLYCINE; M PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUCIN; PEPTIDE; PROLINE RICH PROTEIN; SERINE RICH PROTEIN; SIALIDASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0035113894     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00170-3     Document Type: Article

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