Leishmania major proteophosphoglycans exist as membrane-bound and soluble forms and localise to the cell membrane, the flagellar pocket and the lysosome

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1701-1708

  Foth, Bernardo ^a   Piani, Aline ^b   Curtis, Joan M ^b   Ilg, Thomas ^c   McConville, Malcolm ^a   Handman, Emanuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Intervet Innovation ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Endosomes; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor; Leishmania; Lysosomes; Multi vesicular tubule; Proteophosphoglycan

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROTEOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PPG1 PROTEIN, LEISHMANIA; PROTEOGLYCAN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOSOME; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; SOLUBILITY; ANIMAL; BIOTINYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLAGELLUM; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLAGELLA; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYSOSOMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEOGLYCANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 1842859654     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00198-4     Document Type: Article

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