Expression of a novel Leishmania gene encoding a histone H1-like protein in Leishmania major modulates parasite infectivity in vitro

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6976-6986

  Papageorgiou, Fotini T ^a   Soteriadou, Ketty P ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE H1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN LNP18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CROSS LINKING; EUKARYOTE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HISTONES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036893442     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.6976-6986.2002     Document Type: Article

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