Cloning and characterization of the Leishmania (viannia) braziliensis HSP70 gene. Diagnostic use of the C-terminal fragment rlb70(513-663)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 372-378

  Zurita, Ada I ^a   Rodríguez, Javier ^a   Piñero, José E ^a   Pacheco, Rosa ^a,b   Carmelo, Emma ^a   Del Castillo, Antonio ^a   Valladares, Basilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; CARBOXY TERMINAL FRAGMENT RLB70(513-663); GENOMIC DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA LIBRARY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITOPES; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIANNIA;

EID: 0037397654     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0372:CACOTL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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