Comparative analysis of the nitric oxide production by Leishmania sp.

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-223

  Genestra, Marcelo ^a   De Souza, Wilson Jacinto Silva ^a   Cysne Finkelstein, Léa ^a   Leon, Leonor L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania sp.; Metacyclogenesis; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI;

EID: 0344944077     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-003-0176-z     Document Type: Article

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