Distribution of apolipoprotein L-I and trypanosome lytic activity among primate sera

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-157

  Poelvoorde, Philippe ^a   Vanhamme, Luc ^a   Van Den Abbeele, Jan ^b   Switzer, William M ^c   Pays, Etienne ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal human serum; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosome lytic factor

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN I; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 1642513385     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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