Gp63 gene polymorphism and population structure of Leishmania donovani complex: Influence of the host selection pressure?

Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-35

  Guerbouj, S ^a,b   Victoir, K ^b   Guizani, I ^a   Seridi, N ^c   Nuwayri Salti, N ^d   Belkaid, M ^c   Ben Ismail, R ^a   Ray, D L E ^b   Dujardin, J C ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunogen; Polymorphism; Selection

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GP63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRANCE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEBANON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPAIN; TUNISIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; INVERTEBRATA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA ARCHIBALDI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035134038     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000007125     Document Type: Article

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