Detection of cysteine-proteinases in Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes using a cross-reactive antiserum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-267

  Alves, Carlos Roberto ^a   Côrte Real, Suzana ^a   De Freitas Rosa, Marcelo ^a   Giovanni De Simone, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti papain serum; Cysteine proteinase; Immunocytochemistry; Leishmania amazonensis

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DETERGENT; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ENZYME; OCTOXINOL; PAPAIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CROSS REACTIONS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLA; IMMUNE SERA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RABBITS;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0343619439     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00149-X     Document Type: Article

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