Growth phase and medium pH modulate the expression of proteinase activities and the development of megasomes in axenically cultivated Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis amastigote-like organisms

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-43

  Pral, Elizabeth M F ^a   Moitinho, Maria da Luz R ^a,b   Balanco, José Mário F ^a   Teixeira, Verônica R ^a   Milder, Regina V ^a   Alfieri, Silvia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE METHYL ESTER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEISHMANIASIS;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GROWTH CURVE; HYDROLYSIS; LEISHMANIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; SERIAL PASSAGE;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037328540     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0035:GPAMPM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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