Identification of sialic acids on Leishmania donovani amastigotes

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-66

  Chava, Anil K ^a   Chatterjee, Mitali ^b   Gerwig, Gerrit J ^c   Kamerling, Johannis P ^c   Mandal, Chitra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b IPGMER   (India)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achatinin H; Amastigotes; Leishmania donovani; O acetylated sialic acid; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLESTERASE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; PLANT LECTIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROMETRY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAACKIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LECTINS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACIDS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAACKIA AMURENSIS; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 1242343962     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2004.008     Document Type: Article

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