Pathogenomics analysis of Leishmania spp.: Flagellar gene families of putative virulence factors

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-193

  Oliveira, Diana M ^a   Gouveia, Joao Jose S ^a   Diniz, Nilo B ^a   Pacheco, Ana Carolina L ^a   Vasconcelos, Elton Jose R ^a   Diniz, Michely C ^a   Viana, Daniel A ^a   Ferreira, Thiago D ^a   Albuquerque, Marianna C ^a   Fortier, Daniel C ^a   Maia, Allan R S ^a   Costa, Luis A C ^a   Melo, João Osmar P ^a   Da Silva, Maria Cristina ^a   Walter, Cezar A ^a   Faria, Jose O ^a   Tome, Adriana R ^a   Gomes, Marcos Jose N ^a   Oliveira, Sonia M P ^b   Araújo Filho, Raimundo ^c   Costa, Raimundo B ^a   Maggioni, Rodrigo ^a   more..

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; PROTEIN MNUDC 1; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FLAGELLUM; GENOMICS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; FLAGELLA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

LEISHMANIA (PROPER); LEISHMANIA (SUBGENUS); LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 22044439305     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/omi.2005.9.173     Document Type: Article

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