Expression and processing of megasome cysteine proteinases during Leishmania amazonensis differentiation

Parasitology Research

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 332-337

  Ueda Nakamura, Tânia ^a,b   Da Conceição Rocha Sampaio, Maria ^c,d   Cunha e Silva, Narcisa L ^a   Traub Cseko, Yara M ^c   De Souza, Wanderley ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; LEISHMANIA; LYSOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036200531     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-001-0516-0     Document Type: Article

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